Quality of life comparison

be 88.9% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Gambia, 1.8% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Italy, that number is 0.2% of people as of 2020.

live 15.0 years longer

In Gambia, the average life expectancy is 68 years (66 years for men, 69 years for women) as of 2022. In Italy, that number is 83 years (80 years for men, 85 years for women) as of 2022.

be 93.2% more likely to be obese

In Gambia, 10.3% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Italy, that number is 19.9% of people as of 2016.

make 17.7 times more money

Gambia has a GDP per capita of $2,200 as of 2020, while in Italy, the GDP per capita is $39,000 as of 2020.

be 58.6% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Gambia, 48.6% live below the poverty line as of 2015. In Italy, however, that number is 20.1% as of 2018.

be 99.7% less likely to die during childbirth

In Gambia, approximately 597.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Italy, 2.0 women do as of 2017.

be 95.3% more likely to be literate

In Gambia, the literacy rate is 50.8% as of 2015. In Italy, it is 99.2% as of 2018.

be 91.5% less likely to die during infancy

In Gambia, approximately 37.2 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Italy, on the other hand, 3.2 children do as of 2022.

have 75.9% fewer children

In Gambia, there are approximately 28.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Italy, there are 7.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.

be 2.0 times more likely to have access to electricity

In Gambia, approximately 49% of the population has electricity access as of 2019. In Italy, 100% of the population do as of 2020.

be 89.2% more likely to have internet access

In Gambia, approximately 37.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Italy, about 70.0% do as of 2020.

be 11.6% more likely to have access to improved drinking water

In Gambia, approximately 90% of people have improved drinking water access (92% in urban areas, and 86% in rural areas) as of 2020. In Italy, that number is 100% of people on average (100% in urban areas, and 100% in rural areas) as of 2020.

spend 48.3% more on education

Gambia spends 2.9% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Italy spends 4.3% of total GDP on education as of 2018.

spend 2.3 times more on healthcare

Gambia spends 3.8% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Italy, that number is 8.7% of GDP as of 2019.

see 95.0 times more coastline

Gambia has a total of 80 km of coastline. In Italy, that number is 7,600 km.