Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Poland instead of Puerto Rico, you would:
Health
live 2.9 years less
In Puerto Rico, the average life expectancy is 82 years (78 years for men, 85 years for women) as of 2022. In Poland, that number is 79 years (75 years for men, 83 years for women) as of 2022.
Economy
be 49.7% less likely to be unemployed
In Puerto Rico, 10.8% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Poland, that number is 5.4% as of 2019.
Life
be 90.5% less likely to die during childbirth
In Puerto Rico, approximately 21.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Poland, 2.0 women do as of 2017.
be 31.1% less 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 Poland, on the other hand, 4.2 children do as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 24.6% less on education
Puerto Rico spends 6.1% of its total GDP on education as of 2014. Poland spends 4.6% of total GDP on education as of 2018.
Geography
see 12.2% less coastline
Puerto Rico has a total of 501 km of coastline. In Poland, that number is 440 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Poland: At a glance
How big is Poland compared to Puerto Rico? See an in-depth size comparison.