If you lived in Portugal instead of Guyana, you would:

Health

be 61.5% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Guyana, 1.3% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Portugal, that number is 0.5% of people as of 2020.

live 9.6 years longer

In Guyana, the average life expectancy is 72 years (70 years for men, 74 years for women) as of 2022. In Portugal, that number is 82 years (78 years for men, 85 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

make 72.2% more money

Guyana has a GDP per capita of $18,700 as of 2020, while in Portugal, the GDP per capita is $32,200 as of 2020.

be 41.0% less likely to be unemployed

In Guyana, 11.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2013. In Portugal, that number is 6.5% as of 2019.

be 50.9% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Guyana, 35.0% live below the poverty line as of 2006. In Portugal, however, that number is 17.2% as of 2018.

Life

be 98.8% less likely to die during childbirth

In Guyana, approximately 667.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Portugal, 8.0 women do as of 2017.

be 88.7% less likely to die during infancy

In Guyana, approximately 22.1 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Portugal, on the other hand, 2.5 children do as of 2022.

have 51.6% fewer children

In Guyana, there are approximately 16.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Portugal, there are 8.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2020.

Basic Needs

be 2.1 times more likely to have internet access

In Guyana, approximately 37.0% of the population has internet access as of 2019. In Portugal, about 78.0% do as of 2020.

Expenditures

spend 93.9% more on healthcare

Guyana spends 4.9% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Portugal, that number is 9.5% of GDP as of 2019.

Geography

see 3.9 times more coastline

Guyana has a total of 459 km of coastline. In Portugal, that number is 1,793 km.


The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.

Portugal: At a glance

Portugal is a sovereign country in Europe, with a total land area of approximately 91,470 sq km. Following its heyday as a global maritime power during the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal lost much of its wealth and status with the destruction of Lisbon in a 1755 earthquake, occupation during the Napoleonic Wars, and the independence of Brazil, its wealthiest colony, in 1822. A 1910 revolution deposed the monarchy; for most of the next six decades, repressive governments ran the country. In 1974, a left-wing military coup installed broad democratic reforms. The following year, Portugal granted independence to all of its African colonies. Portugal is a founding member of NATO and entered the EC (now the EU) in 1986.
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