Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Turkmenistan instead of Guyana, you would:
Economy
be 99.4% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Guyana, 35.0% live below the poverty line as of 2006. In Turkmenistan, however, that number is 0.2% as of 2012.
make 17.1% less money
Guyana has a GDP per capita of $18,700 as of 2020, while in Turkmenistan, the GDP per capita is $15,500 as of 2019.
Life
be 99.0% less likely to die during childbirth
In Guyana, approximately 667.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Turkmenistan, 7.0 women do as of 2017.
be 12.7% more likely to be literate
In Guyana, the literacy rate is 88.5% as of 2015. In Turkmenistan, it is 99.7% as of 2015.
be 69.8% more 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 Turkmenistan, on the other hand, 37.6 children do as of 2022.
Basic Needs
be 31.6% less likely to have internet access
In Guyana, approximately 37.0% of the population has internet access as of 2019. In Turkmenistan, about 25.3% do as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 31.1% less on education
Guyana spends 4.5% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Turkmenistan spends 3.1% of total GDP on education as of 2019.
spend 34.7% more on healthcare
Guyana spends 4.9% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Turkmenistan, that number is 6.6% of GDP as of 2019.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Turkmenistan: At a glance
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