Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Morocco instead of Guyana, you would:
Health
be 93.8% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS
In Guyana, 1.6% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2024. In Morocco, that number is 0.1% of people as of 2024.
live 5.2 years longer
In Guyana, the average life expectancy is 70 years (67 years for men, 74 years for women) as of 2024. In Morocco, that number is 75 years (73 years for men, 78 years for women) as of 2024.
be 28.4% less likely to be obese
In Guyana, 30.1% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Morocco, that number is 21.6% of people as of 2024.
be 88.3% less likely to die by suicide
Guyana has a suicide rate of 24.8 per 100,000 people as of 2021. In Morocco, it is 2.9 per 100,000 as of 2021.
see 54.5% less spent on your healthcare
Guyana spends $1,331 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Morocco spends $606 as of 2023.
have 46.6% fewer doctors per person
Guyana has 13.9 doctors per 10,000 people as of 2020. Morocco has 7.4 as of 2021.
Economy
be 24.7% less likely to be unemployed
In Guyana, 12.0% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Morocco, that number is 9.0% as of 2025.
make 85.6% less money
Guyana has a GDP per capita of $32,414 as of 2025, while in Morocco, the GDP per capita is $4,672 as of 2025.
Life
be 36.6% 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 Morocco, on the other hand, 14.7 children do as of 2024.
be 14.5% less likely to be literate
In Guyana, the literacy rate is 88.8% as of 2021. In Morocco, it is 75.9% as of 2021.
have 17.5% fewer children
In Guyana, there are approximately 19.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Morocco, there are 16.4 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.
Expenditures
spend 2.5 times more on healthcare
Guyana spends 2.5% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2023. In Morocco, that number is 6.1% of GDP as of 2023.
Geography
see 4.0 times more coastline
Guyana has a total of 459 km of coastline. In Morocco, that number is 1,835 km.
Safety
be 91.1% less likely to be murdered
Guyana has a homicide rate of 19.1 per 100,000 people as of 2023. In Morocco, that number is 1.7 per 100,000 as of 2023.
be 22.4% more likely to die in a road accident
In Guyana, road accidents kill 15.2 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In Morocco, they kill 18.6 per 100,000 as of 2021.
Infrastructure
find 43.6% less home broadband
Guyana has 12.9 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Morocco has 7.3 as of 2024.
live with 15.4 times more strain on fresh water
Guyana withdraws 3% of its available fresh water each year as of 2022. Morocco withdraws 51% as of 2022.
Environment
emit 59.6% less CO2
Guyana emits 4.6 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. Morocco emits 1.8 tonnes as of 2024.
be 13.5% more likely to die from air pollution
In Guyana, air pollution causes 52.0 deaths per 100,000 people as of 2019. In Morocco, it causes 59.0 as of 2019.
Sources: World Bank (2020–2025), The World Factbook (2021), United Nations SDG Indicators (2019–2021), World Health Organization (2024). How we calculate this
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