Quality of life comparison
If you lived in China instead of Greece, you would:
Health
be 75.1% less likely to be obese
In Greece, 24.9% of adults are obese as of 2016. In China, that number is 6.2% of people as of 2016.
live 5.4 years less
In Greece, the average life expectancy is 81 years (79 years for men, 84 years for women) as of 2022. In China, that number is 76 years (74 years for men, 81 years for women) as of 2020.
Economy
be 79.0% less likely to be unemployed
In Greece, 17.3% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In China, that number is 3.6% as of 2019.
be 96.6% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Greece, 17.9% live below the poverty line as of 2018. In China, however, that number is 0.6% as of 2019.
make 39.9% less money
Greece has a GDP per capita of $27,300 as of 2020, while in China, the GDP per capita is $16,400 as of 2020.
Life
have 30.5% more children
In Greece, there are approximately 7.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In China, there are 9.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
be 9.7 times more likely to die during childbirth
In Greece, approximately 3.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In China, 29.0 women do as of 2017.
be 90.4% more likely to die during infancy
In Greece, approximately 3.5 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In China, on the other hand, 6.8 children do as of 2022.
Basic Needs
be 10.3% less likely to have internet access
In Greece, approximately 78.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In China, about 70.0% do as of 2020.
Expenditures
spend 30.8% less on healthcare
Greece spends 7.8% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In China, that number is 5.4% of GDP as of 2019.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
China: At a glance
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