Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Kiribati instead of Gambia, you would:
Health
be 4.5 times more likely to be obese
In Gambia, 10.3% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Kiribati, that number is 46.0% of people as of 2016.
Life
be 84.6% less likely to die during childbirth
In Gambia, approximately 597.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Kiribati, 92.0 women do as of 2017.
be 11.5% 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 Kiribati, on the other hand, 32.9 children do as of 2022.
have 30.1% fewer children
In Gambia, there are approximately 28.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Kiribati, there are 20.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
Basic Needs
be 2.0 times more likely to have access to electricity
In Gambia, approximately 49% of people have electricity access (69% in urban areas, and 16% in rural areas) as of 2019. In Kiribati, that number is 100% of people on average (88% in urban areas, and 82% in rural areas) as of 2020.
Expenditures
spend 4.3 times more on education
Gambia spends 2.9% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Kiribati spends 12.4% of total GDP on education as of 2019.
spend 2.7 times more on healthcare
Gambia spends 3.8% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Kiribati, that number is 10.3% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 14.3 times more coastline
Gambia has a total of 80 km of coastline. In Kiribati, that number is 1,143 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Kiribati: At a glance
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