Quality of life comparison

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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.

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Economy

be 74.5% less likely to be unemployed

In Guyana, 10.2% of adults are unemployed as of 2024. In Russia, that number is 2.6% as of 2024.

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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.

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make 40.7% less money

Guyana has a GDP per capita of $70,300 as of 2024, while in Russia, the GDP per capita is $41,700 as of 2024.

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Life

be 88.0% less likely to die during childbirth

In Guyana, approximately 75.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2023. In Russia, 9.0 women do as of 2023.

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be 12.5% more likely to be literate

In Guyana, the literacy rate is 88.8% as of 2021. In Russia, it is 99.9% as of 2021.

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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.

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have 50.4% fewer children

In Guyana, there are approximately 16.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2025. In Russia, there are 8.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2025.

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Basic Needs

be 12.2% more likely to have internet access

In Guyana, approximately 82.0% of the population has internet access as of 2023. In Russia, about 92.0% do as of 2023.

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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.

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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.

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Geography

see 82.0 times more coastline

Guyana has a total of 459 km of coastline. In Russia, that number is 37,653 km.

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

Russia: At a glance

Russia is a sovereign country in Central Asia, with a total land area of approximately 16,377,742 sq km. Founded in the 12th century, the Principality of Muscovy, was able to emerge from over 200 years of Mongol domination (13th-15th centuries) and to gradually conquer and absorb surrounding principalities. In the early 17th century, a new ROMANOV Dynasty continued this policy of expansion across Siberia to the Pacific. Under PETER I (ruled 1682-1725), hegemony was extended to the Baltic Sea and the country was renamed the Russian Empire. During the 19th century, more territorial acquisitions were made in Europe and Asia. Defeat in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05 contributed to the Revolution of 1905, which resulted in the formation of a parliament and other reforms. Repeated devastating defeats of the Russian army in World War I led to widespread rioting in the major cities of the Russian Empire and to the overthrow in 1917 of the imperial household. The communists under Vladimir LENIN seized power soon after and formed the USSR. The brutal rule of Iosif STALIN (1928-53) strengthened communist rule and Russian dominance of the Soviet Union at a cost of tens of millions of lives. The Soviet economy and society stagnated in the following decades until General Secretary Mikhail GORBACHEV (1985-91) introduced glasnost (openness) and perestroika (restructuring) in an attempt to modernize communism, but his initiatives inadvertently released forces that by December 1991 splintered the USSR into Russia and 14 other independent republics. Since then, Russia has shifted its post-Soviet democratic ambitions in favor of a centralized semi-authoritarian state in which the leadership seeks to legitimize its rule through managed national elections, populist appeals by President PUTIN, and continued economic growth. Russia has severely disabled a Chechen rebel movement, although violence still occurs throughout the North Caucasus.
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