Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Greenland instead of Italy, you would:
Health
live 8.6 years less
In Italy, the average life expectancy is 83 years (80 years for men, 85 years for women) as of 2022. In Greenland, that number is 74 years (71 years for men, 77 years for women) as of 2022.
Economy
be 19.4% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Italy, 20.1% live below the poverty line as of 2018. In Greenland, however, that number is 16.2% as of 2015.
Life
have 98.4% more children
In Italy, there are approximately 7.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Greenland, there are 13.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
be 2.8 times more likely to die during infancy
In Italy, approximately 3.2 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Greenland, on the other hand, 8.8 children do as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 2.5 times more on education
Italy spends 4.3% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Greenland spends 10.6% of total GDP on education as of 2018.
Geography
see 5.8 times more coastline
Italy has a total of 7,600 km of coastline. In Greenland, that number is 44,087 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Greenland: At a glance
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