Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in India instead of Saint Kitts and Nevis, you would:

Health

be 82.9% less likely to be obese

In Saint Kitts and Nevis, 46.7% of adults are obese as of 2024. In India, that number is 8.0% of people as of 2024.

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see 82.1% less spent on your healthcare

Saint Kitts and Nevis spends $1,936 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). India spends $346 as of 2023.

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have 76.6% fewer doctors per person

Saint Kitts and Nevis has 30.9 doctors per 10,000 people as of 2018. India has 7.2 as of 2020.

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have 20.3% less access to essential health services

Saint Kitts and Nevis scores 79 out of 100 on the universal health coverage index as of 2021. India scores 63 as of 2021.

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Economy

make 89.3% less money

Saint Kitts and Nevis has a GDP per capita of $25,223 as of 2025, while in India, the GDP per capita is $2,702 as of 2025.

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Life

have 36.1% more children

In Saint Kitts and Nevis, there are approximately 11.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In India, there are 16.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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be 67.6% more likely to die during infancy

In Saint Kitts and Nevis, approximately 13.9 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2024. In India, on the other hand, 23.3 children do as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 41.8% less on healthcare

Saint Kitts and Nevis spends 5.7% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2023. In India, that number is 3.3% of GDP as of 2023.

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spend 17.1% more on education

Saint Kitts and Nevis spends 3.5% of its total GDP on education as of 2023. India spends 4.1% of total GDP on education as of 2022.

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Geography

see 51.9 times more coastline

Saint Kitts and Nevis has a total of 135 km of coastline. In India, that number is 7,000 km.

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Safety

be 95.6% less likely to be murdered

Saint Kitts and Nevis has a homicide rate of 64.2 per 100,000 people as of 2023. In India, that number is 2.8 per 100,000 as of 2022.

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be 33.3% less likely to die in a road accident

In Saint Kitts and Nevis, road accidents kill 23.1 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In India, they kill 15.4 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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Infrastructure

find 93.3% less home broadband

Saint Kitts and Nevis has 46.7 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. India has 3.1 as of 2024.

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live with 30.8% more strain on fresh water

Saint Kitts and Nevis withdraws 51% of its available fresh water each year as of 2022. India withdraws 66% as of 2022.

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Environment

emit 24.7% less CO2

Saint Kitts and Nevis emits 2.9 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. India emits 2.2 tonnes as of 2024.

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Sources: World Bank (2018–2025), United Nations SDG Indicators (2021), World Health Organization (2024), The World Factbook. How we calculate this

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India: At a glance

India is a sovereign country in South Asia, with a total land area of approximately 2,973,193 sq km. The Indus Valley civilization, one of the world's oldest, flourished during the 3rd and 2nd millennia B.C. and extended into northwestern India. Aryan tribes from the northwest infiltrated the Indian subcontinent about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. The Maurya Empire of the 4th and 3rd centuries B.C. - which reached its zenith under ASHOKA - united much of South Asia. The Golden Age ushered in by the Gupta dynasty (4th to 6th centuries A.D.) saw a flowering of Indian science, art, and culture. Islam spread across the subcontinent over a period of 700 years. In the 10th and 11th centuries, Turks and Afghans invaded India and established the Delhi Sultanate. In the early 16th century, the Emperor BABUR established the Mughal Dynasty which ruled India for more than three centuries. European explorers began establishing footholds in India during the 16th century. By the 19th century, Great Britain had become the dominant political power on the subcontinent. The British Indian Army played a vital role in both World Wars. Years of nonviolent resistance to British rule, led by Mohandas GANDHI and Jawaharlal NEHRU, eventually resulted in Indian independence, which was granted in 1947. Large-scale communal violence took place before and after the subcontinent partition into two separate states - India and Pakistan. The neighboring nations have fought three wars since independence, the last of which was in 1971 and resulted in East Pakistan becoming the separate nation of Bangladesh. India's nuclear weapons tests in 1998 emboldened Pakistan to conduct its own tests that same year. In November 2008, terrorists originating from Pakistan conducted a series of coordinated attacks in Mumbai, India's financial capital. Despite pressing problems such as significant overpopulation, environmental degradation, extensive poverty, and widespread corruption, economic growth following the launch of economic reforms in 1991 and a massive youthful population are driving India's emergence as a regional and global power.
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