Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Latvia instead of Oman, you would:
Health
be 12.6% less likely to be obese
In Oman, 27.0% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Latvia, that number is 23.6% of people as of 2016.
live 1.0 years less
In Oman, the average life expectancy is 77 years (75 years for men, 79 years for women) as of 2022. In Latvia, that number is 76 years (71 years for men, 81 years for women) as of 2022.
Life
be 66.4% less likely to die during infancy
In Oman, approximately 14.4 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Latvia, on the other hand, 4.8 children do as of 2022.
have 60.5% fewer children
In Oman, there are approximately 22.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Latvia, there are 8.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 22.2% less on education
Oman spends 5.4% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Latvia spends 4.2% of total GDP on education as of 2018.
spend 61.0% more on healthcare
Oman spends 4.1% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Latvia, that number is 6.6% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 76.2% less coastline
Oman has a total of 2,092 km of coastline. In Latvia, that number is 498 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Latvia: At a glance
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