Quality of life comparison
If you lived in India instead of Maldives, you would:
Health
be 54.7% less likely to be obese
In Maldives, 8.6% of adults are obese as of 2016. In India, that number is 3.9% of people as of 2016.
live 9.7 years less
In Maldives, the average life expectancy is 77 years (75 years for men, 79 years for women) as of 2022. In India, that number is 67 years (65 years for men, 69 years for women) as of 2022.
Economy
make 53.1% less money
Maldives has a GDP per capita of $13,000 as of 2020, while in India, the GDP per capita is $6,100 as of 2020.
be 2.9 times more likely to be unemployed
In Maldives, 2.9% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In India, that number is 8.5% as of 2017.
be 2.7 times more likely to live below the poverty line
In Maldives, 8.2% live below the poverty line as of 2016. In India, however, that number is 21.9% as of 2011.
Life
be 2.7 times more likely to die during childbirth
In Maldives, approximately 53.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In India, 145.0 women do as of 2017.
be 23.8% less likely to be literate
In Maldives, the literacy rate is 97.7% as of 2016. In India, it is 74.4% as of 2018.
be 17.9% more likely to die during infancy
In Maldives, approximately 25.7 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In India, on the other hand, 30.3 children do as of 2022.
Basic Needs
be 31.7% less likely to have internet access
In Maldives, approximately 63.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In India, about 43.0% do as of 2020.
Expenditures
spend 14.6% less on education
Maldives spends 4.1% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. India spends 3.5% of total GDP on education as of 2016.
spend 62.5% less on healthcare
Maldives spends 8.0% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In India, that number is 3.0% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 10.9 times more coastline
Maldives has a total of 644 km of coastline. In India, that number is 7,000 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
India: At a glance
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