Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Thailand instead of Puerto Rico, you would:
Health
live 4.0 years less
In Puerto Rico, the average life expectancy is 82 years (78 years for men, 85 years for women) as of 2022. In Thailand, that number is 78 years (75 years for men, 81 years for women) as of 2022.
Economy
be 90.8% less likely to be unemployed
In Puerto Rico, 10.8% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Thailand, that number is 1.0% as of 2019.
make 48.2% less money
Puerto Rico has a GDP per capita of $33,400 as of 2020, while in Thailand, the GDP per capita is $17,300 as of 2020.
Life
have 28.8% more children
In Puerto Rico, there are approximately 7.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Thailand, there are 10.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
be 76.2% more likely to die during childbirth
In Puerto Rico, approximately 21.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Thailand, 37.0 women do as of 2017.
Expenditures
spend 50.8% less on education
Puerto Rico spends 6.1% of its total GDP on education as of 2014. Thailand spends 3.0% of total GDP on education as of 2019.
Geography
see 6.4 times more coastline
Puerto Rico has a total of 501 km of coastline. In Thailand, that number is 3,219 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Thailand: At a glance
How big is Thailand compared to Puerto Rico? See an in-depth size comparison.