Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Kazakhstan instead of Germany, you would:
Health
live 9.0 years less
In Germany, the average life expectancy is 82 years (79 years for men, 84 years for women) as of 2022. In Kazakhstan, that number is 73 years (67 years for men, 77 years for women) as of 2022.
Economy
be 70.9% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Germany, 14.8% live below the poverty line as of 2018. In Kazakhstan, however, that number is 4.3% as of 2018.
pay a 78.9% lower top tax rate
Germany has a top tax rate of 47.5% as of 2016. In Kazakhstan, the top tax rate is 10.0% as of 2016.
make 50.3% less money
Germany has a GDP per capita of $50,900 as of 2020, while in Kazakhstan, the GDP per capita is $25,300 as of 2020.
Life
have 69.4% more children
In Germany, there are approximately 9.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Kazakhstan, there are 15.4 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
be 42.9% more likely to die during childbirth
In Germany, approximately 7.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Kazakhstan, 10.0 women do as of 2017.
be 6.0 times more likely to die during infancy
In Germany, approximately 3.2 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Kazakhstan, on the other hand, 19.2 children do as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 42.0% less on education
Germany spends 5.0% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Kazakhstan spends 2.9% of total GDP on education as of 2019.
spend 76.1% less on healthcare
Germany spends 11.7% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Kazakhstan, that number is 2.8% of GDP as of 2019.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Federal Central Tax Office (BZSt), Tax Committee of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Kazakhstan: At a glance
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