Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Burundi instead of Kiribati, you would:
Health
be 88.3% less likely to be obese
In Kiribati, 46.0% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Burundi, that number is 5.4% of people as of 2016.
Economy
make 69.6% less money
Kiribati has a GDP per capita of $2,300 as of 2020, while in Burundi, the GDP per capita is $700 as of 2020.
Life
have 74.8% more children
In Kiribati, there are approximately 20.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Burundi, there are 35.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
be 6.0 times more likely to die during childbirth
In Kiribati, approximately 92.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Burundi, 548.0 women do as of 2017.
be 14.9% more likely to die during infancy
In Kiribati, approximately 32.9 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Burundi, on the other hand, 37.8 children do as of 2022.
Basic Needs
be 89.0% less likely to have access to electricity
In Kiribati, approximately 100% of people have electricity access (88% in urban areas, and 82% in rural areas) as of 2020. In Burundi, that number is 11% of people on average (66% in urban areas, and 2% in rural areas) as of 2019.
be 76.3% less likely to have internet access
In Kiribati, approximately 38.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Burundi, about 9.0% do as of 2020.
Expenditures
spend 58.9% less on education
Kiribati spends 12.4% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Burundi spends 5.1% of total GDP on education as of 2018.
spend 22.3% less on healthcare
Kiribati spends 10.3% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Burundi, that number is 8.0% of GDP as of 2019.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Burundi: At a glance
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