Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Colombia instead of Guyana, you would:
Health
be 62.5% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS
In Guyana, 1.6% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2024. In Colombia, that number is 0.6% of people as of 2024.
live 7.6 years longer
In Guyana, the average life expectancy is 70 years (67 years for men, 74 years for women) as of 2024. In Colombia, that number is 78 years (75 years for men, 81 years for women) as of 2024.
be 17.4% less likely to be obese
In Guyana, 30.1% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Colombia, that number is 24.9% of people as of 2024.
see 32.1% more spent on your healthcare
Guyana spends $1,331 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Colombia spends $1,758 as of 2024.
have 82.8% more doctors per person
Guyana has 13.9 doctors per 10,000 people as of 2020. Colombia has 25.4 as of 2023.
be 80.0% less likely to die by suicide
Guyana has a suicide rate of 24.8 per 100,000 people as of 2021. In Colombia, it is 5.0 per 100,000 as of 2021.
Economy
be 30.7% less likely to be unemployed
In Guyana, 12.0% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Colombia, that number is 8.3% as of 2025.
make 73.6% less money
Guyana has a GDP per capita of $32,414 as of 2025, while in Colombia, the GDP per capita is $8,562 as of 2025.
Life
be 21.3% less likely to die during childbirth
In Guyana, approximately 75.0 women die from pregnancy or childbirth per 100,000 live births as of 2023. In Colombia, 59.0 women do as of 2023.
be 54.7% less likely to die during infancy
In Guyana, approximately 23.2 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2024. In Colombia, on the other hand, 10.5 children do as of 2024.
have 33.4% fewer children
In Guyana, there are approximately 19.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Colombia, there are 13.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.
Expenditures
spend 18.2% more on education
Guyana spends 4.5% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Colombia spends 5.3% of total GDP on education as of 2020.
spend 3.3 times more on healthcare
Guyana spends 2.5% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2023. In Colombia, that number is 8.1% of GDP as of 2024.
Geography
see 7.0 times more coastline
Guyana has a total of 459 km of coastline. In Colombia, that number is 3,208 km.
Safety
be 30.3% more likely to be murdered
Guyana has a homicide rate of 19.1 per 100,000 people as of 2023. In Colombia, that number is 24.9 per 100,000 as of 2023.
Infrastructure
find 33.1% more home broadband
Guyana has 12.9 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Colombia has 17.2 as of 2024.
live with 10.0% more strain on fresh water
Guyana withdraws 3% of its available fresh water each year as of 2022. Colombia withdraws 4% as of 2022.
Environment
be 53.8% less likely to die from air pollution
In Guyana, air pollution causes 52.0 deaths per 100,000 people as of 2019. In Colombia, it causes 24.0 as of 2019.
emit 60.5% less CO2
Guyana emits 4.6 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. Colombia emits 1.8 tonnes as of 2024.
Sources: World Bank (2018–2025), World Health Organization (2024), The World Factbook, United Nations SDG Indicators (2019). How we calculate this
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