Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Aruba instead of Puerto Rico, you would:
Health
live 5.4 years less
In Puerto Rico, the average life expectancy is 82 years (78 years for men, 85 years for women) as of 2024. In Aruba, that number is 76 years (74 years for men, 79 years for women) as of 2024.
Life
have 33.2% more children
In Puerto Rico, there are approximately 5.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Aruba, there are 7.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.
be 2.0 times more likely to die during infancy
In Puerto Rico, approximately 6.0 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Aruba, on the other hand, 12.1 children do as of 2022.
Basic Needs
be 11.1% more likely to have internet access
In Puerto Rico, approximately 87.3% of the population has internet access as of 2022. In Aruba, about 97.0% do as of 2021.
Expenditures
spend 15.2% less on education
Puerto Rico spends 4.3% of its total GDP on education as of 2024. Aruba spends 3.6% of total GDP on education as of 2021.
Geography
see 86.3% less coastline
Puerto Rico has a total of 501 km of coastline. In Aruba, that number is 68 km.
Infrastructure
find 37.5% less home broadband
Puerto Rico has 28.0 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Aruba has 17.5 as of 2022.
Sources: World Bank (2021–2024), The World Factbook (2021–2022). How we calculate this
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