Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Marshall Islands instead of Syria, you would:

Health

be 90.3% more likely to be obese

In Syria, 27.8% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Marshall Islands, that number is 52.9% of people as of 2016.

Economy

make 37.9% more money

Syria has a GDP per capita of $2,900 as of 2015, while in Marshall Islands, the GDP per capita is $4,000 as of 2019.

be 28.0% less likely to be unemployed

In Syria, 50.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Marshall Islands, that number is 36.0% as of 2006.

Life

be 13.8% more likely to be literate

In Syria, the literacy rate is 86.4% as of 2015. In Marshall Islands, it is 98.3% as of 2011.

be 36.5% more likely to die during infancy

In Syria, approximately 15.9 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Marshall Islands, on the other hand, 21.7 children do as of 2022.

Expenditures

spend 88.2% more on education

Syria spends 5.1% of its total GDP on education as of 2009. Marshall Islands spends 9.6% of total GDP on education as of 2019.

Geography

see 91.9% more coastline

Syria has a total of 193 km of coastline. In Marshall Islands, that number is 370 km.

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

Marshall Islands: At a glance

Marshall Islands (sometimes abbreviated RMI) is a sovereign country in Australia-Oceania, with a total land area of approximately 181 sq km. After almost four decades under US administration as the easternmost part of the UN Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the Marshall Islands attained independence in 1986 under a Compact of Free Association. Compensation claims continue as a result of US nuclear testing on some of the atolls between 1947 and 1962. The Marshall Islands hosts the US Army Kwajalein Atoll (USAKA) Reagan Missile Test Site, a key installation in the US missile defense network.
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