Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Panama instead of Saint Kitts and Nevis, you would:
Economy
be 36.4% more likely to be unemployed
In Saint Kitts and Nevis, 4.5% of adults are unemployed as of 1997. In Panama, that number is 6.1% as of 2018.
Life
have 47.0% more children
In Saint Kitts and Nevis, there are approximately 12.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Panama, there are 18.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
be 96.9% more likely to die during infancy
In Saint Kitts and Nevis, approximately 8.3 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Panama, on the other hand, 16.4 children do as of 2022.
Basic Needs
be 21.0% less likely to have internet access
In Saint Kitts and Nevis, approximately 81.0% of the population has internet access as of 2019. In Panama, about 64.0% do as of 2020.
Expenditures
spend 19.2% more on education
Saint Kitts and Nevis spends 2.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2015. Panama spends 3.1% of total GDP on education as of 2019.
spend 40.7% more on healthcare
Saint Kitts and Nevis spends 5.4% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Panama, that number is 7.6% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 18.4 times more coastline
Saint Kitts and Nevis has a total of 135 km of coastline. In Panama, that number is 2,490 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Panama: At a glance
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