Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Costa Rica instead of Seychelles, you would:
Health
live 4.7 years longer
In Seychelles, the average life expectancy is 76 years (72 years for men, 81 years for women) as of 2024. In Costa Rica, that number is 81 years (78 years for men, 84 years for women) as of 2024.
see 37.5% more spent on your healthcare
Seychelles spends $1,402 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Costa Rica spends $1,928 as of 2023.
have 59.3% fewer doctors per person
Seychelles has 66.0 doctors per 10,000 people as of 2022. Costa Rica has 26.9 as of 2022.
be 88.8% more likely to die by suicide
Seychelles has a suicide rate of 4.3 per 100,000 people as of 2021. In Costa Rica, it is 8.1 per 100,000 as of 2021.
Life
be 42.9% less likely to die during childbirth
In Seychelles, approximately 42.0 women die from pregnancy or childbirth per 100,000 live births as of 2023. In Costa Rica, 24.0 women do as of 2023.
be 29.5% less likely to die during infancy
In Seychelles, approximately 12.9 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2024. In Costa Rica, on the other hand, 9.1 children do as of 2024.
Expenditures
spend 19.3% more on education
Seychelles spends 4.5% of its total GDP on education as of 2023. Costa Rica spends 5.3% of total GDP on education as of 2023.
spend 53.3% more on healthcare
Seychelles spends 4.5% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2023. In Costa Rica, that number is 6.9% of GDP as of 2023.
Geography
see 2.6 times more coastline
Seychelles has a total of 491 km of coastline. In Costa Rica, that number is 1,290 km.
Safety
be 2.2 times more likely to be murdered
Seychelles has a homicide rate of 8.0 per 100,000 people as of 2022. In Costa Rica, that number is 17.8 per 100,000 as of 2023.
be 2.3 times more likely to die in a road accident
In Seychelles, road accidents kill 6.6 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In Costa Rica, they kill 15.5 per 100,000 as of 2021.
Infrastructure
find 26.3% less home broadband
Seychelles has 31.6 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Costa Rica has 23.3 as of 2024.
Environment
be 65.1% less likely to die from air pollution
In Seychelles, air pollution causes 43.0 deaths per 100,000 people as of 2019. In Costa Rica, it causes 15.0 as of 2019.
emit 77.5% less CO2
Seychelles emits 7.2 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. Costa Rica emits 1.6 tonnes as of 2024.
Sources: World Bank (2021–2024), United Nations SDG Indicators (2019–2021), The World Factbook. How we calculate this
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