If you lived in Kazakhstan instead of Georgia, you would:

Health

be 40.9% less likely to be obese

In Georgia, 35.7% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Kazakhstan, that number is 21.1% of people as of 2024.

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have 17.6% more access to essential health services

Georgia scores 68 out of 100 on the universal health coverage index as of 2021. Kazakhstan scores 80 as of 2021.

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see 13.0% less spent on your healthcare

Georgia spends $1,679 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Kazakhstan spends $1,460 as of 2023.

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have 33.5% fewer doctors per person

Georgia has 56.4 doctors per 10,000 people as of 2023. Kazakhstan has 37.5 as of 2023.

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be 2.9 times more likely to die by suicide

Georgia has a suicide rate of 5.1 per 100,000 people as of 2021. In Kazakhstan, it is 14.6 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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Economy

be 60.6% less likely to be unemployed

In Georgia, 12.1% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Kazakhstan, that number is 4.8% as of 2025.

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be 46.8% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Georgia, 9.4% live below the poverty line as of 2024. In Kazakhstan, however, that number is 5.0% as of 2024.

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make 51.6% more money

Georgia has a GDP per capita of $9,692 as of 2025, while in Kazakhstan, the GDP per capita is $14,692 as of 2025.

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Life

be 50.0% less likely to die during childbirth

In Georgia, approximately 20.0 women die from pregnancy or childbirth per 100,000 live births as of 2023. In Kazakhstan, 10.0 women do as of 2023.

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have 72.9% more children

In Georgia, there are approximately 11.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Kazakhstan, there are 19.5 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 11.4% more likely to have internet access

In Georgia, approximately 83.8% of the population has internet access as of 2024. In Kazakhstan, about 93.4% do as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 45.0% less on healthcare

Georgia spends 6.9% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2023. In Kazakhstan, that number is 3.8% of GDP as of 2023.

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spend 22.1% more on education

Georgia spends 4.0% of its total GDP on education as of 2024. Kazakhstan spends 4.9% of total GDP on education as of 2023.

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Safety

be 25.6% more likely to be murdered

Georgia has a homicide rate of 2.0 per 100,000 people as of 2019. In Kazakhstan, that number is 2.5 per 100,000 as of 2022.

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Infrastructure

use 52.1% more electricity

Georgia uses 3,382 kWh of electricity per person each year as of 2023. Kazakhstan uses 5,146 kWh as of 2023.

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find 49.6% less home broadband

Georgia has 30.4 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Kazakhstan has 15.3 as of 2024.

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live with 8.2 times more strain on fresh water

Georgia withdraws 4% of its available fresh water each year as of 2022. Kazakhstan withdraws 35% as of 2022.

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Environment

emit 3.6 times more CO2

Georgia emits 3.5 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. Kazakhstan emits 12.6 tonnes as of 2024.

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Sources: World Bank (2019–2025), World Health Organization (2024), United Nations SDG Indicators (2021). How we calculate this

Kazakhstan: At a glance

Kazakhstan is a sovereign country in Central Asia, with a total land area of approximately 2,699,700 sq km. Ethnic Kazakhs, a mix of Turkic and Mongol nomadic tribes who migrated to the region by the 13th century, were rarely united as a single nation. The area was conquered by Russia in the 18th century, and Kazakhstan became a Soviet Republic in 1936. During the 1950s and 1960s agricultural "Virgin Lands" program, Soviet citizens were encouraged to help cultivate Kazakhstan's northern pastures. This influx of immigrants (mostly Russians, but also some other deported nationalities) skewed the ethnic mixture and enabled non-ethnic Kazakhs to outnumber natives. Non-Muslim ethnic minorities departed Kazakhstan in large numbers from the mid-1990s through the mid-2000s and a national program has repatriated about a million ethnic Kazakhs back to Kazakhstan. These trends have allowed Kazakhs to become the titular majority again. This dramatic demographic shift has also undermined the previous religious diversity and made the country more than 70 percent Muslim. Kazakhstan's economy is larger than those of all the other Central Asian states largely due to the country's vast natural resources. Current issues include: developing a cohesive national identity; managing Islamic revivalism; expanding the development of the country's vast energy resources and exporting them to world markets; diversifying the economy outside the oil, gas, and mining sectors; enhancing Kazakhstan's economic competitiveness; developing a multiparty parliament and advancing political and social reform; and strengthening relations with neighboring states and other foreign powers.
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