Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Kyrgyzstan instead of Jamaica, you would:
Health
be 85.7% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS
In Jamaica, 1.4% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Kyrgyzstan, that number is 0.2% of people as of 2020.
be 32.8% less likely to be obese
In Jamaica, 24.7% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Kyrgyzstan, that number is 16.6% of people as of 2016.
live 3.4 years less
In Jamaica, the average life expectancy is 76 years (74 years for men, 78 years for women) as of 2022. In Kyrgyzstan, that number is 72 years (68 years for men, 77 years for women) as of 2022.
Economy
be 58.8% less likely to be unemployed
In Jamaica, 7.7% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Kyrgyzstan, that number is 3.2% as of 2019.
make 46.0% less money
Jamaica has a GDP per capita of $8,700 as of 2020, while in Kyrgyzstan, the GDP per capita is $4,700 as of 2020.
be 17.5% more likely to live below the poverty line
In Jamaica, 17.1% live below the poverty line as of 2016. In Kyrgyzstan, however, that number is 20.1% as of 2019.
Life
be 25.0% less likely to die during childbirth
In Jamaica, approximately 80.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Kyrgyzstan, 60.0 women do as of 2017.
be 12.3% more likely to be literate
In Jamaica, the literacy rate is 88.7% as of 2015. In Kyrgyzstan, it is 99.6% as of 2018.
have 22.8% more children
In Jamaica, there are approximately 15.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Kyrgyzstan, there are 19.5 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
be 2.3 times more likely to die during infancy
In Jamaica, approximately 11.2 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Kyrgyzstan, on the other hand, 25.7 children do as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 26.2% less on healthcare
Jamaica spends 6.1% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Kyrgyzstan, that number is 4.5% of GDP as of 2019.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Kyrgyzstan: At a glance
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