Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Russia instead of Seychelles, you would:

Health

be 48.0% less likely to be obese

In Seychelles, 33.9% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Russia, that number is 17.6% of people as of 2024.

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see 2.3 times more spent on your healthcare

Seychelles spends $1,402 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Russia spends $3,204 as of 2023.

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live 2.9 years less

In Seychelles, the average life expectancy is 76 years (72 years for men, 81 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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have 22.5% fewer doctors per person

Seychelles has 66.0 doctors per 10,000 people as of 2022. Russia has 51.1 as of 2022.

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be 5.0 times more likely to die by suicide

Seychelles has a suicide rate of 4.3 per 100,000 people as of 2021. In Russia, it is 21.4 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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Life

be 78.6% 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 Russia, 9.0 women do as of 2023.

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be 68.2% 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 Russia, on the other hand, 4.1 children do as of 2024.

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have 23.6% fewer children

In Seychelles, there are approximately 11.0 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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Expenditures

spend 57.1% more on healthcare

Seychelles spends 4.5% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2023. In Russia, that number is 7.0% of GDP as of 2023.

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Geography

see 76.7 times more coastline

Seychelles has a total of 491 km of coastline. In Russia, that number is 37,653 km.

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Safety

be 15.1% less likely to be murdered

Seychelles has a homicide rate of 8.0 per 100,000 people as of 2022. In Russia, that number is 6.8 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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be 60.6% more likely to die in a road accident

In Seychelles, road accidents kill 6.6 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 14.1% less home broadband

Seychelles has 31.6 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Russia has 27.1 as of 2024.

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Environment

emit 93.1% more CO2

Seychelles emits 7.2 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. Russia emits 14.0 tonnes as of 2024.

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

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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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