Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Seychelles instead of Panama, you would:
Health
be 10.3% less likely to be obese
In Panama, 37.7% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Seychelles, that number is 33.9% of people as of 2024.
have 4.1 times more doctors per person
Panama has 16.2 doctors per 10,000 people as of 2022. Seychelles has 66.0 as of 2022.
live 3.5 years less
In Panama, the average life expectancy is 80 years (77 years for men, 83 years for women) as of 2024. In Seychelles, that number is 76 years (72 years for men, 81 years for women) as of 2024.
see 57.8% less spent on your healthcare
Panama spends $3,318 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Seychelles spends $1,402 as of 2023.
be 29.8% more likely to die by suicide
Panama has a suicide rate of 3.3 per 100,000 people as of 2021. In Seychelles, it is 4.3 per 100,000 as of 2021.
Life
have 30.7% fewer children
In Panama, there are approximately 15.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Seychelles, there are 11.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.
Basic Needs
be 20.7% more likely to have internet access
In Panama, approximately 72.8% of the population has internet access as of 2024. In Seychelles, about 87.8% do as of 2024.
Expenditures
spend 46.2% less on healthcare
Panama spends 8.3% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2023. In Seychelles, that number is 4.5% of GDP as of 2023.
spend 80.2% more on education
Panama spends 2.5% of its total GDP on education as of 2023. Seychelles spends 4.5% of total GDP on education as of 2023.
Geography
see 80.3% less coastline
Panama has a total of 2,490 km of coastline. In Seychelles, that number is 491 km.
Safety
be 31.9% less likely to be murdered
Panama has a homicide rate of 11.7 per 100,000 people as of 2023. In Seychelles, that number is 8.0 per 100,000 as of 2022.
Infrastructure
find 74.3% more home broadband
Panama has 18.1 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2023. Seychelles has 31.6 as of 2024.
Environment
be 2.5 times more likely to die from air pollution
In Panama, air pollution causes 17.0 deaths per 100,000 people as of 2019. In Seychelles, it causes 43.0 as of 2019.
emit 2.6 times more CO2
Panama emits 2.7 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. Seychelles emits 7.2 tonnes as of 2024.
Sources: World Bank (2021–2024), World Health Organization (2024), The World Factbook, United Nations SDG Indicators (2019). How we calculate this
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