Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in United States instead of Gibraltar, you would:

Health

live 4.7 years less

In Gibraltar, the average life expectancy is 84 years (81 years for men, 86 years for women) as of 2024. In United States, that number is 79 years (76 years for men, 81 years for women) as of 2024.

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Life

be 12.0% less likely to die during infancy

In Gibraltar, approximately 6.2 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In United States, on the other hand, 5.5 children do as of 2024.

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have 13.2% fewer children

In Gibraltar, there are approximately 12.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In United States, there are 10.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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Geography

see 1660.3 times more coastline

Gibraltar has a total of 12 km of coastline. In United States, that number is 19,924 km.

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Infrastructure

use 2.6 times more electricity

Gibraltar uses 5,017 kWh of electricity per person each year as of 2023. United States uses 12,839 kWh as of 2024.

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find 36.3% less home broadband

Gibraltar has 61.0 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. United States has 38.9 as of 2024.

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Environment

emit 15.7% less CO2

Gibraltar emits 16.1 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. United States emits 13.6 tonnes as of 2024.

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Sources: World Bank (2022–2024), The World Factbook (2022). How we calculate this

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United States: At a glance

United States (sometimes abbreviated US or USA) is a sovereign country in North America, with a total land area of approximately 9,147,593 sq km. Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the original 13 as the nation expanded across the North American continent and acquired a number of overseas possessions. The two most traumatic experiences in the nation's history were the Civil War (1861-65), in which a northern Union of states defeated a secessionist Confederacy of 11 southern slave states, and the Great Depression of the 1930s, an economic downturn during which about a quarter of the labor force lost its jobs. Buoyed by victories in World Wars I and II and the end of the Cold War in 1991, the US remains the world's most powerful nation state. Since the end of World War II, the economy has achieved relatively steady growth, low unemployment and inflation, and rapid advances in technology.
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