Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Russia instead of Guyana, you would:
Health
be 14.4% more likely to be obese
In Guyana, 20.2% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Russia, that number is 23.1% of people as of 2016.
Economy
be 68.5% less likely to be unemployed
In Guyana, 12.3% of adults are unemployed as of 2022. In Russia, that number is 3.9% as of 2022.
be 65.4% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Guyana, 35.0% live below the poverty line as of 2006. In Russia, however, that number is 12.1% as of 2020.
make 22.8% less money
Guyana has a GDP per capita of $35,600 as of 2022, while in Russia, the GDP per capita is $27,500 as of 2022.
Life
be 87.5% less likely to die during childbirth
In Guyana, approximately 112.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Russia, 14.0 women do as of 2020.
be 12.3% more likely to be literate
In Guyana, the literacy rate is 88.8% as of 2021. In Russia, it is 99.7% as of 2018.
be 71.0% 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 Russia, on the other hand, 6.4 children do as of 2022.
have 49.7% fewer children
In Guyana, there are approximately 16.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Russia, there are 8.4 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.
Expenditures
spend 17.8% less on education
Guyana spends 4.5% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Russia spends 3.7% of total GDP on education as of 2020.
spend 38.2% more on healthcare
Guyana spends 5.5% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Russia, that number is 7.6% of GDP as of 2020.
Geography
see 82.0 times more coastline
Guyana has a total of 459 km of coastline. In Russia, that number is 37,653 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Russia: At a glance
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