Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Bolivia instead of Palau, you would:

Health

be 26.7% less likely to be obese

In Palau, 40.5% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Bolivia, that number is 29.7% of people as of 2024.

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see 59.3% less spent on your healthcare

Palau spends $1,857 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Bolivia spends $756 as of 2023.

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have 29.0% fewer doctors per person

Palau has 18.1 doctors per 10,000 people as of 2023. Bolivia has 12.8 as of 2021.

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Economy

make 73.6% less money

Palau has a GDP per capita of $19,532 as of 2025, while in Bolivia, the GDP per capita is $5,148 as of 2025.

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Life

be 23.7% less likely to die during infancy

In Palau, approximately 18.6 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2024. In Bolivia, on the other hand, 14.2 children do as of 2024.

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have 96.7% more children

In Palau, there are approximately 10.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Bolivia, there are 21.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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be 64.0% more likely to die during childbirth

In Palau, approximately 89.0 women die from pregnancy or childbirth per 100,000 live births as of 2023. In Bolivia, 146.0 women do as of 2023.

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Expenditures

spend 36.2% less on healthcare

Palau spends 10.8% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2023. In Bolivia, that number is 6.9% of GDP as of 2023.

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spend 2.2 times more on education

Palau spends 3.4% of its total GDP on education as of 2023. Bolivia spends 7.5% of total GDP on education as of 2024.

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Safety

be 20.7% less likely to die in a road accident

In Palau, road accidents kill 22.2 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In Bolivia, they kill 17.6 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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Infrastructure

find 64.7% more home broadband

Palau has 7.3 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2023. Bolivia has 12.1 as of 2024.

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Environment

emit 97.2% less CO2

Palau emits 82.8 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. Bolivia emits 2.3 tonnes as of 2024.

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Sources: World Bank (2021–2025), World Health Organization (2024), United Nations SDG Indicators (2021). How we calculate this

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Bolivia: At a glance

Bolivia is a sovereign country in South America, with a total land area of approximately 1,083,301 sq km. Bolivia, named after independence fighter Simon BOLIVAR, broke away from Spanish rule in 1825; much of its subsequent history has consisted of a series of nearly 200 coups and countercoups. Democratic civilian rule was established in 1982, but leaders have faced difficult problems of deep-seated poverty, social unrest, and illegal drug production. In December 2005, Bolivians elected Movement Toward Socialism leader Evo MORALES president - by the widest margin of any leader since the restoration of civilian rule in 1982 - after he ran on a promise to change the country's traditional political class and empower the nation's poor, indigenous majority. In December 2009, President MORALES easily won reelection, and his party took control of the legislative branch of the government, which will allow him to continue his process of change. In October 2011, the country held its first judicial elections to select judges for the four highest courts.
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