Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 2.6 years less

In Turks and Caicos Islands, the average life expectancy is 81 years (78 years for men, 84 years for women) as of 2022. In Dominica, that number is 78 years (75 years for men, 81 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

make 53.1% less money

Turks and Caicos Islands has a GDP per capita of $21,100 as of 2020, while in Dominica, the GDP per capita is $9,900 as of 2020.

be 2.3 times more likely to be unemployed

In Turks and Caicos Islands, 10.0% of adults are unemployed as of 1997. In Dominica, that number is 23.0% as of 2000.

Expenditures

spend 42.9% more on education

Turks and Caicos Islands spends 3.5% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Dominica spends 5.0% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

Geography

see 62.0% less coastline

Turks and Caicos Islands has a total of 389 km of coastline. In Dominica, that number is 148 km.

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

Dominica: At a glance

Dominica is a sovereign country in Central America/Caribbean, with a total land area of approximately 751 sq km. Dominica was the last of the Caribbean islands to be colonized by Europeans due chiefly to the fierce resistance of the native Caribs. France ceded possession to Great Britain in 1763, which made the island a colony in 1805. In 1980, two years after independence, Dominica's fortunes improved when a corrupt and tyrannical administration was replaced by that of Mary Eugenia CHARLES, the first female prime minister in the Caribbean, who remained in office for 15 years. Some 3,000 Carib Indians still living on Dominica are the only pre-Columbian population remaining in the eastern Caribbean.
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