Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Lesotho instead of Kiribati, you would:
Health
be 63.9% less likely to be obese
In Kiribati, 46.0% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Lesotho, that number is 16.6% of people as of 2016.
live 8.3 years less
In Kiribati, the average life expectancy is 68 years (65 years for men, 71 years for women) as of 2022. In Lesotho, that number is 60 years (58 years for men, 62 years for women) as of 2022.
Life
have 15.1% more children
In Kiribati, there are approximately 20.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Lesotho, there are 23.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
be 5.9 times more likely to die during childbirth
In Kiribati, approximately 92.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Lesotho, 544.0 women do as of 2017.
be 47.1% 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 Lesotho, on the other hand, 48.4 children do as of 2022.
Basic Needs
be 13.2% more likely to have internet access
In Kiribati, approximately 38.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Lesotho, about 43.0% do as of 2020.
be 64.0% 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 Lesotho, that number is 36% of people on average (63% in urban areas, and 26% in rural areas) as of 2019.
Expenditures
spend 40.3% less on education
Kiribati spends 12.4% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Lesotho spends 7.4% of total GDP on education as of 2020.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Lesotho: At a glance
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