Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Russia instead of San Marino, you would:

Health

have 10.4% more doctors per person

San Marino has 46.3 doctors per 10,000 people as of 2023. Russia has 51.1 as of 2022.

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live 12.4 years less

In San Marino, the average life expectancy is 86 years (84 years for men, 87 years for women) as of 2024. In Russia, that number is 73 years (68 years for men, 79 years for women) as of 2024.

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see 38.8% less spent on your healthcare

San Marino spends $5,231 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Russia spends $3,204 as of 2023.

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Economy

make 70.7% less money

San Marino has a GDP per capita of $59,871 as of 2023, while in Russia, the GDP per capita is $17,547 as of 2025.

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Life

have 100.0% more children

In San Marino, there are approximately 4.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Russia, there are 8.4 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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be 3.4 times more likely to die during infancy

In San Marino, approximately 1.2 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2024. In Russia, on the other hand, 4.1 children do as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 43.4% more on education

San Marino spends 2.9% of its total GDP on education as of 2022. Russia spends 4.2% of total GDP on education as of 2023.

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Safety

be 79.7% more likely to die in a road accident

In San Marino, road accidents kill 5.9 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In Russia, they kill 10.6 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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Infrastructure

find 24.2% less home broadband

San Marino has 35.8 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Russia has 27.1 as of 2024.

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Sources: World Bank (2022–2025), United Nations SDG Indicators (2021). How we calculate this

Compare further: San Marino vs. Russia

Size Comparison · See true size
San Marino is about 280,299 times smaller than Russia.
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Moving from San Marino to Russia · UN DESA 2020
44 people born in San Marino live in Russia.
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Russia: At a glance

Russia is a sovereign country in Central Asia, with a total land area of approximately 16,377,742 sq km. Founded in the 12th century, the Principality of Muscovy, was able to emerge from over 200 years of Mongol domination (13th-15th centuries) and to gradually conquer and absorb surrounding principalities. In the early 17th century, a new ROMANOV Dynasty continued this policy of expansion across Siberia to the Pacific. Under PETER I (ruled 1682-1725), hegemony was extended to the Baltic Sea and the country was renamed the Russian Empire. During the 19th century, more territorial acquisitions were made in Europe and Asia. Defeat in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05 contributed to the Revolution of 1905, which resulted in the formation of a parliament and other reforms. Repeated devastating defeats of the Russian army in World War I led to widespread rioting in the major cities of the Russian Empire and to the overthrow in 1917 of the imperial household. The communists under Vladimir LENIN seized power soon after and formed the USSR. The brutal rule of Iosif STALIN (1928-53) strengthened communist rule and Russian dominance of the Soviet Union at a cost of tens of millions of lives. The Soviet economy and society stagnated in the following decades until General Secretary Mikhail GORBACHEV (1985-91) introduced glasnost (openness) and perestroika (restructuring) in an attempt to modernize communism, but his initiatives inadvertently released forces that by December 1991 splintered the USSR into Russia and 14 other independent republics. Since then, Russia has shifted its post-Soviet democratic ambitions in favor of a centralized semi-authoritarian state in which the leadership seeks to legitimize its rule through managed national elections, populist appeals by President PUTIN, and continued economic growth. Russia has severely disabled a Chechen rebel movement, although violence still occurs throughout the North Caucasus.
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