Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Sri Lanka instead of Guyana, you would:
Health
be 92.3% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS
In Guyana, 1.3% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Sri Lanka, that number is 0.1% of people as of 2020.
live 5.6 years longer
In Guyana, the average life expectancy is 72 years (70 years for men, 74 years for women) as of 2022. In Sri Lanka, that number is 78 years (75 years for men, 82 years for women) as of 2020.
be 74.3% less likely to be obese
In Guyana, 20.2% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Sri Lanka, that number is 5.2% of people as of 2016.
Economy
be 56.5% less likely to be unemployed
In Guyana, 11.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2013. In Sri Lanka, that number is 4.8% as of 2019.
be 88.3% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Guyana, 35.0% live below the poverty line as of 2006. In Sri Lanka, however, that number is 4.1% as of 2016.
make 33.2% less money
Guyana has a GDP per capita of $18,700 as of 2020, while in Sri Lanka, the GDP per capita is $12,500 as of 2020.
Life
be 94.6% less likely to die during childbirth
In Guyana, approximately 667.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Sri Lanka, 36.0 women do as of 2017.
be 63.0% 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 Sri Lanka, on the other hand, 8.2 children do as of 2022.
have 17.5% fewer children
In Guyana, there are approximately 16.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Sri Lanka, there are 13.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 53.3% less on education
Guyana spends 4.5% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Sri Lanka spends 2.1% of total GDP on education as of 2018.
spend 16.3% less on healthcare
Guyana spends 4.9% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Sri Lanka, that number is 4.1% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 2.9 times more coastline
Guyana has a total of 459 km of coastline. In Sri Lanka, that number is 1,340 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Sri Lanka: At a glance
How big is Sri Lanka compared to Guyana? See an in-depth size comparison.