Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Comoros instead of Saint Lucia, you would:
Health
be 60.4% less likely to be obese
In Saint Lucia, 19.7% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Comoros, that number is 7.8% of people as of 2016.
live 11.8 years less
In Saint Lucia, the average life expectancy is 79 years (76 years for men, 82 years for women) as of 2022. In Comoros, that number is 67 years (65 years for men, 70 years for women) as of 2022.
Economy
be 67.5% less likely to be unemployed
In Saint Lucia, 20.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2003. In Comoros, that number is 6.5% as of 2014.
make 74.8% less money
Saint Lucia has a GDP per capita of $12,300 as of 2020, while in Comoros, the GDP per capita is $3,100 as of 2020.
be 69.6% more likely to live below the poverty line
In Saint Lucia, 25.0% live below the poverty line as of 2016. In Comoros, however, that number is 42.4% as of 2013.
Life
have 87.4% more children
In Saint Lucia, there are approximately 12.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Comoros, there are 22.5 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
be 2.3 times more likely to die during childbirth
In Saint Lucia, approximately 117.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Comoros, 273.0 women do as of 2017.
be 4.8 times more likely to die during infancy
In Saint Lucia, approximately 12.0 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Comoros, on the other hand, 57.1 children do as of 2022.
Basic Needs
be 29.6% less likely to have access to electricity
In Saint Lucia, approximately 100% of people have electricity access (98% in urban areas, and 100% in rural areas) as of 2018. In Comoros, that number is 70% of people on average (89% in urban areas, and 62% in rural areas) as of 2019.
be 84.9% less likely to have internet access
In Saint Lucia, approximately 53.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Comoros, about 8.0% do as of 2020.
Expenditures
spend 30.6% less on education
Saint Lucia spends 3.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Comoros spends 2.5% of total GDP on education as of 2015.
spend 20.9% more on healthcare
Saint Lucia spends 4.3% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Comoros, that number is 5.2% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 2.2 times more coastline
Saint Lucia has a total of 158 km of coastline. In Comoros, that number is 340 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Comoros: At a glance
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