Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Bahamas instead of Finland, you would:
Health
be 12.0 times more likely to be living with HIV/AIDS
In Finland, 0.1% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2018. In Bahamas, that number is 1.2% of people as of 2020.
live 5.6 years less
In Finland, the average life expectancy is 82 years (79 years for men, 85 years for women) as of 2022. In Bahamas, that number is 76 years (73 years for men, 79 years for women) as of 2022.
be 42.3% more likely to be obese
In Finland, 22.2% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Bahamas, that number is 31.6% of people as of 2016.
Economy
be 23.8% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Finland, 12.2% live below the poverty line as of 2019. In Bahamas, however, that number is 9.3% as of 2010.
make 34.9% less money
Finland has a GDP per capita of $47,300 as of 2020, while in Bahamas, the GDP per capita is $30,800 as of 2020.
be 52.3% more likely to be unemployed
In Finland, 6.6% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Bahamas, that number is 10.1% as of 2017.
Life
have 40.5% more children
In Finland, there are approximately 10.4 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Bahamas, there are 14.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
be 23.3 times more likely to die during childbirth
In Finland, approximately 3.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Bahamas, 70.0 women do as of 2017.
be 6.0 times more likely to die during infancy
In Finland, approximately 2.1 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Bahamas, on the other hand, 12.8 children do as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 60.3% less on education
Finland spends 6.3% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Bahamas spends 2.5% of total GDP on education as of 2020.
spend 37.0% less on healthcare
Finland spends 9.2% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Bahamas, that number is 5.8% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 2.8 times more coastline
Finland has a total of 1,250 km of coastline. In Bahamas, that number is 3,542 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Bahamas: At a glance
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