Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Aruba instead of Slovakia, you would:
Economy
make 26.9% more money
Slovakia has a GDP per capita of $30,300 as of 2020, while in Aruba, the GDP per capita is $38,442 as of 2017.
be 54.0% more likely to be unemployed
In Slovakia, 5.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Aruba, that number is 7.7% as of 2016.
pay a 2.4 times higher top tax rate
Slovakia has a top tax rate of 25.0% as of 2016. In Aruba, the top tax rate is 59.0% as of 2016.
Life
have 32.2% more children
In Slovakia, there are approximately 8.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Aruba, there are 11.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
be 2.5 times more likely to die during infancy
In Slovakia, approximately 4.8 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Aruba, on the other hand, 12.1 children do as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 37.5% more on education
Slovakia spends 4.0% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Aruba spends 5.5% of total GDP on education as of 2016.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Ministerio di Finansas, Comunicacion, Utilidad y Energia, Tax Directorate, Slovakia.
Aruba: At a glance
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