Quality of life comparison

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

Health

live 12.0 years longer

In Palau, the average life expectancy is 69 years (67 years for men, 72 years for women) as of 2024. In Chile, that number is 81 years (79 years for men, 83 years for women) as of 2024.

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see 94.5% more spent on your healthcare

Palau spends $1,857 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Chile spends $3,612 as of 2024.

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have 84.4% more doctors per person

Palau has 18.1 doctors per 10,000 people as of 2023. Chile has 33.3 as of 2023.

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have 26.2% more access to essential health services

Palau scores 65 out of 100 on the universal health coverage index as of 2021. Chile scores 82 as of 2021.

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Life

be 88.8% less 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 Chile, 10.0 women do as of 2023.

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be 68.8% 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 Chile, on the other hand, 5.8 children do as of 2024.

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have 18.4% fewer children

In Palau, there are approximately 10.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Chile, there are 8.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 13.9% more likely to have internet access

In Palau, approximately 83.9% of the population has internet access as of 2024. In Chile, about 95.6% do as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 42.7% more on education

Palau spends 3.4% of its total GDP on education as of 2023. Chile spends 4.9% of total GDP on education as of 2022.

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Geography

see 4.2 times more coastline

Palau has a total of 1,519 km of coastline. In Chile, that number is 6,435 km.

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Safety

be 53.6% less likely to die in a road accident

In Palau, road accidents kill 22.2 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In Chile, they kill 10.3 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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Infrastructure

find 3.2 times more home broadband

Palau has 7.3 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2023. Chile has 23.7 as of 2024.

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Environment

emit 95.2% less CO2

Palau emits 82.8 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. Chile emits 3.9 tonnes as of 2024.

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Sources: World Bank (2022–2024), United Nations SDG Indicators (2021), The World Factbook. How we calculate this

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Chile: At a glance

Chile is a sovereign country in South America, with a total land area of approximately 743,812 sq km. Prior to the arrival of the Spanish in the 16th century, the Inca ruled northern Chile while the Mapuche inhabited central and southern Chile. Although Chile declared its independence in 1810, decisive victory over the Spanish was not achieved until 1818. In the War of the Pacific (1879-83), Chile defeated Peru and Bolivia and won its present northern regions. It was not until the 1880s that the Mapuche were brought under central government control. After a series of elected governments, the three-year-old Marxist government of Salvador ALLENDE was overthrown in 1973 by a military coup led by Augusto PINOCHET, who ruled until a freely elected president was inaugurated in 1990. Sound economic policies, maintained consistently since the 1980s, contributed to steady growth, reduced poverty rates by over half, and helped secure the country's commitment to democratic and representative government. Chile has increasingly assumed regional and international leadership roles befitting its status as a stable, democratic nation. In January 2014, Chile assumed a nonpermanent seat on the UN Security Council for the 2014-15 term.
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