Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Greenland instead of Sri Lanka, you would:

Health

live 3.5 years less

In Sri Lanka, the average life expectancy is 78 years (75 years for men, 82 years for women) as of 2020. In Greenland, that number is 74 years (71 years for men, 77 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

make 3.3 times more money

Sri Lanka has a GDP per capita of $12,500 as of 2020, while in Greenland, the GDP per capita is $41,800 as of 2015.

be 88.4% more likely to be unemployed

In Sri Lanka, 4.8% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Greenland, that number is 9.1% as of 2015.

be 4.0 times more likely to live below the poverty line

In Sri Lanka, 4.1% live below the poverty line as of 2016. In Greenland, however, that number is 16.2% as of 2015.

Basic Needs

be 100.0% more likely to have internet access

In Sri Lanka, approximately 35.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Greenland, about 70.0% do as of 2019.

Expenditures

spend 5.0 times more on education

Sri Lanka spends 2.1% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Greenland spends 10.6% of total GDP on education as of 2018.

Geography

see 32.9 times more coastline

Sri Lanka has a total of 1,340 km of coastline. In Greenland, that number is 44,087 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.

Greenland: At a glance

Greenland is a sovereign country in North America, with a total land area of approximately 2,166,086 sq km. Greenland, the world's largest island, is about 81% ice-capped. Vikings reached the island in the 10th century from Iceland; Danish colonization began in the 18th century, and Greenland was made an integral part of Denmark in 1953. It joined the European Community (now the EU) with Denmark in 1973 but withdrew in 1985 over a dispute centered on stringent fishing quotas. Greenland was granted self-government in 1979 by the Danish parliament; the law went into effect the following year. Greenland voted in favor of increased self-rule in November 2008 and acquired greater responsibility for internal affairs when the Act on Greenland Self-Government was signed into law in June 2009. Denmark, however, continues to exercise control over several policy areas on behalf of Greenland including foreign affairs, security, and financial policy in consultation with Greenland's Self-Rule Government.
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