Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Tuvalu instead of Guyana, you would:
Health
be 75.0% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS
In Guyana, 1.6% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2024. In Tuvalu, that number is 0.4% of people as of 2024.
see 25.5% more spent on your healthcare
Guyana spends $1,331 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Tuvalu spends $1,671 as of 2023.
live 3.1 years less
In Guyana, the average life expectancy is 70 years (67 years for men, 74 years for women) as of 2024. In Tuvalu, that number is 67 years (64 years for men, 71 years for women) as of 2024.
be 2.2 times more likely to be obese
In Guyana, 30.1% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Tuvalu, that number is 65.1% of people as of 2024.
have 31.6% less access to essential health services
Guyana scores 76 out of 100 on the universal health coverage index as of 2021. Tuvalu scores 52 as of 2021.
Economy
make 81.4% less money
Guyana has a GDP per capita of $32,414 as of 2025, while in Tuvalu, the GDP per capita is $6,041 as of 2025.
Life
be 12.6% more likely to be literate
In Guyana, the literacy rate is 88.8% as of 2021. In Tuvalu, it is 100.0% as of 2022.
be 28.9% less likely to die during infancy
In Guyana, approximately 23.2 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2024. In Tuvalu, on the other hand, 16.5 children do as of 2024.
have 10.5% more children
In Guyana, there are approximately 19.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Tuvalu, there are 22.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.
be 2.3 times more likely to die during childbirth
In Guyana, approximately 75.0 women die from pregnancy or childbirth per 100,000 live births as of 2023. In Tuvalu, 170.0 women do as of 2023.
Expenditures
spend 11.0 times more on healthcare
Guyana spends 2.5% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2023. In Tuvalu, that number is 27.1% of GDP as of 2023.
Geography
see 94.8% less coastline
Guyana has a total of 459 km of coastline. In Tuvalu, that number is 24 km.
Safety
be 17.8% more likely to die in a road accident
In Guyana, road accidents kill 15.2 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In Tuvalu, they kill 17.9 per 100,000 as of 2021.
Infrastructure
find 65.1% less home broadband
Guyana has 12.9 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Tuvalu has 4.5 as of 2022.
Sources: World Bank (2022–2025), United Nations SDG Indicators (2021), The World Factbook (2021), World Health Organization (2024). How we calculate this
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