Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Paraguay instead of Saint Lucia, you would:
Economy
be 71.5% less likely to be unemployed
In Saint Lucia, 20.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2003. In Paraguay, that number is 5.7% as of 2017.
Life
be 28.2% less likely to die during childbirth
In Saint Lucia, approximately 117.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Paraguay, 84.0 women do as of 2017.
have 35.8% more children
In Saint Lucia, there are approximately 12.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Paraguay, there are 16.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
be 93.6% 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 Paraguay, on the other hand, 23.2 children do as of 2022.
Basic Needs
be 20.8% more likely to have internet access
In Saint Lucia, approximately 53.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Paraguay, about 64.0% do as of 2021.
Expenditures
spend 67.4% more on healthcare
Saint Lucia spends 4.3% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Paraguay, that number is 7.2% of GDP as of 2019.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Paraguay: At a glance
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