Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Paraguay instead of Panama, you would:
Health
be 10.6% less likely to be obese
In Panama, 22.7% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Paraguay, that number is 20.3% of people as of 2016.
Economy
make 51.6% less money
Panama has a GDP per capita of $25,400 as of 2020, while in Paraguay, the GDP per capita is $12,300 as of 2020.
Life
be 61.5% more likely to die during childbirth
In Panama, approximately 52.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Paraguay, 84.0 women do as of 2017.
be 41.2% more likely to die during infancy
In Panama, approximately 16.4 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Paraguay, on the other hand, 23.2 children do as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 12.9% more on education
Panama spends 3.1% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Paraguay spends 3.5% of total GDP on education as of 2019.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Paraguay: At a glance
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