Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Puerto Rico instead of Greece, you would:
Economy
make 22.3% more money
Greece has a GDP per capita of $27,300 as of 2020, while in Puerto Rico, the GDP per capita is $33,400 as of 2020.
be 37.6% less likely to be unemployed
In Greece, 17.3% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Puerto Rico, that number is 10.8% as of 2017.
pay a 31.2% lower top tax rate
Greece has a top tax rate of 48.0% as of 2016. In Puerto Rico, the top tax rate is 33.0% as of 2016.
Life
be 7.0 times more likely to die during childbirth
In Greece, approximately 3.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Puerto Rico, 21.0 women do as of 2017.
be 70.1% 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 Puerto Rico, on the other hand, 6.0 children do as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 69.4% more on education
Greece spends 3.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Puerto Rico spends 6.1% of total GDP on education as of 2014.
Geography
see 96.3% less coastline
Greece has a total of 13,676 km of coastline. In Puerto Rico, that number is 501 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Puerto Rican Department of Treasury, GSIS, Greece.
Puerto Rico: At a glance
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