Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Portugal instead of Saint Lucia, you would:
Health
live 2.5 years longer
In Saint Lucia, the average life expectancy is 79 years (76 years for men, 82 years for women) as of 2022. In Portugal, that number is 82 years (78 years for men, 85 years for women) as of 2022.
Economy
make 83.7% more money
Saint Lucia has a GDP per capita of $22,700 as of 2023, while in Portugal, the GDP per capita is $41,700 as of 2023.
be 41.5% less likely to be unemployed
In Saint Lucia, 11.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Portugal, that number is 6.5% as of 2023.
Life
be 83.6% less likely to die during childbirth
In Saint Lucia, approximately 73.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Portugal, 12.0 women do as of 2020.
be 79.1% less 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 Portugal, on the other hand, 2.5 children do as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 38.9% more on education
Saint Lucia spends 3.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Portugal spends 5.0% of total GDP on education as of 2020.
spend 58.2% more on healthcare
Saint Lucia spends 6.7% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Portugal, that number is 10.6% of GDP as of 2020.
Geography
see 11.3 times more coastline
Saint Lucia has a total of 158 km of coastline. In Portugal, that number is 1,793 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
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Portugal: At a glance
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