Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Nicaragua instead of Morocco, you would:

Health

live 1.1 years longer

In Morocco, the average life expectancy is 74 years (72 years for men, 75 years for women) as of 2022. In Nicaragua, that number is 75 years (73 years for men, 77 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

be 30.7% less likely to be unemployed

In Morocco, 9.2% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Nicaragua, that number is 6.4% as of 2017.

pay a 21.1% lower top tax rate

Morocco has a top tax rate of 38.0% as of 2016. In Nicaragua, the top tax rate is 30.0% as of 2016.

make 23.2% less money

Morocco has a GDP per capita of $6,900 as of 2020, while in Nicaragua, the GDP per capita is $5,300 as of 2020.

be 5.2 times more likely to live below the poverty line

In Morocco, 4.8% live below the poverty line as of 2013. In Nicaragua, however, that number is 24.9% as of 2016.

Life

be 11.9% more likely to be literate

In Morocco, the literacy rate is 73.8% as of 2018. In Nicaragua, it is 82.6% as of 2015.

be 2.8 times more likely to die during childbirth

In Morocco, approximately 70.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Nicaragua, 198.0 women do as of 2017.

Basic Needs

be 46.4% less likely to have internet access

In Morocco, approximately 84.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Nicaragua, about 45.0% do as of 2020.

Expenditures

spend 35.8% less on education

Morocco spends 5.3% of its total GDP on education as of 2009. Nicaragua spends 3.4% of total GDP on education as of 2019.

spend 58.5% more on healthcare

Morocco spends 5.3% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Nicaragua, that number is 8.4% of GDP as of 2019.

Geography

see 50.4% less coastline

Morocco has a total of 1,835 km of coastline. In Nicaragua, that number is 910 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: General Directorate of Revenues, The World Factbook, Direction Générale des Impôts, Morocco.

Nicaragua: At a glance

Nicaragua is a sovereign country in Central America/Caribbean, with a total land area of approximately 119,990 sq km. The Pacific coast of Nicaragua was settled as a Spanish colony from Panama in the early 16th century. Independence from Spain was declared in 1821 and the country became an independent republic in 1838. Britain occupied the Caribbean Coast in the first half of the 19th century, but gradually ceded control of the region in subsequent decades. Violent opposition to governmental manipulation and corruption spread to all classes by 1978 and resulted in a short-lived civil war that brought the Marxist Sandinista guerrillas to power in 1979. Nicaraguan aid to leftist rebels in El Salvador caused the US to sponsor anti-Sandinista contra guerrillas through much of the 1980s. After losing free and fair elections in 1990, 1996, and 2001, former Sandinista President Daniel ORTEGA Saavedra was elected president in 2006 and reelected in 2011. The 2008 municipal elections, 2010 regional elections, 2011 presidential elections, 2012 municipal elections, and 2013 regional elections were marred by widespread irregularities. Nicaragua's infrastructure and economy - hard hit by the earlier civil war and by Hurricane Mitch in 1998 - are slowly being rebuilt, but democratic institutions have been weakened under the ORTEGA administration.
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