Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Antigua and Barbuda instead of Thailand, you would:

Health

be 10.0% more likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Thailand, 1.0% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Antigua and Barbuda, that number is 1.1% of people as of 2018.

be 89.0% more likely to be obese

In Thailand, 10.0% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Antigua and Barbuda, that number is 18.9% of people as of 2016.

Economy

be 11.1 times more likely to be unemployed

In Thailand, 1.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Antigua and Barbuda, that number is 11.0% as of 2014.

Life

have 49.5% more children

In Thailand, there are approximately 10.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Antigua and Barbuda, there are 15.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.

be 2.2 times more likely to die during infancy

In Thailand, approximately 6.5 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Antigua and Barbuda, on the other hand, 14.3 children do as of 2022.

Expenditures

spend 15.8% more on healthcare

Thailand spends 3.8% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Antigua and Barbuda, that number is 4.4% of GDP as of 2019.

Geography

see 95.2% less coastline

Thailand has a total of 3,219 km of coastline. In Antigua and Barbuda, that number is 153 km.

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

Antigua and Barbuda: At a glance

Antigua and Barbuda is a sovereign country in Central America/Caribbean, with a total land area of approximately 442 sq km. The Siboney were the first people to inhabit the islands of Antigua and Barbuda in 2400 B.C., but Arawak Indians populated the islands when COLUMBUS landed on his second voyage in 1493. Early Spanish and French settlements were succeeded by an English colony in 1667. Slavery, established to run the sugar plantations on Antigua, was abolished in 1834. The islands became an independent state within the British Commonwealth of Nations in 1981.
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