Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Turks and Caicos Islands instead of Spain, you would:

Health

live 5.7 years less

In Spain, the average life expectancy is 84 years (81 years for men, 86 years for women) as of 2024. In Turks and Caicos Islands, that number is 78 years (76 years for men, 80 years for women) as of 2024.

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Life

have 62.2% more children

In Spain, there are approximately 6.5 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Turks and Caicos Islands, there are 10.5 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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be 15.4% more likely to die during infancy

In Spain, approximately 2.6 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2024. In Turks and Caicos Islands, on the other hand, 3.0 children do as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 35.7% less on education

Spain spends 4.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2022. Turks and Caicos Islands spends 3.0% of total GDP on education as of 2024.

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Geography

see 92.2% less coastline

Spain has a total of 4,964 km of coastline. In Turks and Caicos Islands, that number is 389 km.

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Safety

be 110.6 times more likely to be murdered

Spain has a homicide rate of 0.7 per 100,000 people as of 2023. In Turks and Caicos Islands, that number is 76.3 per 100,000 as of 2022.

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Sources: World Bank (2022–2024), The World Factbook. How we calculate this

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Turks and Caicos Islands: At a glance

Turks and Caicos Islands (sometimes abbreviated TCI) is a sovereign country in Central America/Caribbean, with a total land area of approximately 948 sq km. The islands were part of the UK's Jamaican colony until 1962, when they assumed the status of a separate crown colony upon Jamaica's independence. The governor of The Bahamas oversaw affairs from 1965 to 1973. With Bahamian independence, the islands received a separate governor in 1973. Although independence was agreed upon for 1982, the policy was reversed and the islands remain a British overseas territory.
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