If you lived in Kyrgyzstan instead of Saint Lucia, you would:

Health

be 36.7% less likely to be obese

In Saint Lucia, 34.8% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Kyrgyzstan, that number is 22.0% of people as of 2024.

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see 71.6% less spent on your healthcare

Saint Lucia spends $1,228 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Kyrgyzstan spends $349 as of 2023.

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have 63.0% fewer doctors per person

Saint Lucia has 42.3 doctors per 10,000 people as of 2020. Kyrgyzstan has 15.7 as of 2023.

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have 10.4% less access to essential health services

Saint Lucia scores 77 out of 100 on the universal health coverage index as of 2021. Kyrgyzstan scores 69 as of 2021.

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be 29.0% more likely to die by suicide

Saint Lucia has a suicide rate of 5.3 per 100,000 people as of 2021. In Kyrgyzstan, it is 6.8 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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Economy

be 62.6% less likely to be unemployed

In Saint Lucia, 9.4% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Kyrgyzstan, that number is 3.5% as of 2025.

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make 79.1% less money

Saint Lucia has a GDP per capita of $14,746 as of 2025, while in Kyrgyzstan, the GDP per capita is $3,081 as of 2025.

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Life

have 73.1% more children

In Saint Lucia, there are approximately 11.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Kyrgyzstan, there are 19.4 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 34.9% more likely to have internet access

In Saint Lucia, approximately 68.2% of the population has internet access as of 2024. In Kyrgyzstan, about 92.0% do as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 77.4% more on education

Saint Lucia spends 3.9% of its total GDP on education as of 2024. Kyrgyzstan spends 6.8% of total GDP on education as of 2023.

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Safety

be 95.5% less likely to be murdered

Saint Lucia has a homicide rate of 39.0 per 100,000 people as of 2023. In Kyrgyzstan, that number is 1.8 per 100,000 as of 2020.

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be 49.4% more likely to die in a road accident

In Saint Lucia, road accidents kill 8.9 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In Kyrgyzstan, they kill 13.3 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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Infrastructure

find 42.5% less home broadband

Saint Lucia has 13.6 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Kyrgyzstan has 7.8 as of 2024.

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live with 3.5 times more strain on fresh water

Saint Lucia withdraws 14% of its available fresh water each year as of 2022. Kyrgyzstan withdraws 50% as of 2022.

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Environment

emit 12.9% less CO2

Saint Lucia emits 1.7 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. Kyrgyzstan emits 1.5 tonnes as of 2024.

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be 4.4 times more likely to die from air pollution

In Saint Lucia, air pollution causes 20.0 deaths per 100,000 people as of 2019. In Kyrgyzstan, it causes 88.0 as of 2019.

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Sources: World Bank (2020–2025), United Nations SDG Indicators (2019–2021), World Health Organization (2024). How we calculate this

Kyrgyzstan: At a glance

Kyrgyzstan is a sovereign country in Central Asia, with a total land area of approximately 191,801 sq km. A Central Asian country of incredible natural beauty and proud nomadic traditions, most of Kyrgyzstan was formally annexed to Russia in 1876. The Kyrgyz staged a major revolt against the Tsarist Empire in 1916 in which almost one-sixth of the Kyrgyz population was killed. Kyrgyzstan became a Soviet republic in 1936 and achieved independence in 1991 when the USSR dissolved. Nationwide demonstrations in the spring of 2005 resulted in the ouster of President Askar AKAEV, who had run the country since 1990. Former prime minister Kurmanbek BAKIEV overwhelmingly won the presidential election in the summer of 2005. Over the next few years, he manipulated the parliament to accrue new powers for the presidency. In July 2009, after months of harassment against his opponents and media critics, BAKIEV won re-election in a presidential campaign that the international community deemed flawed. In April 2010, violent protests in Bishkek led to the collapse of the BAKIEV regime and his eventual fleeing to Minsk, Belarus. His successor, Roza OTUNBAEVA, served as transitional president until Almazbek ATAMBAEV was inaugurated in December 2011, marking the first peaceful transfer of presidential power in independent Kyrgyzstan's history. Continuing concerns include: the trajectory of democratization, endemic corruption, poor interethnic relations, and terrorism.
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