live 4.5 years less
In Uruguay, the average life expectancy is 78 years (75 years for men, 81 years for women) as of 2020. In Greenland, that number is 73 years (71 years for men, 76 years for women) as of 2020.
In Uruguay, the average life expectancy is 78 years (75 years for men, 81 years for women) as of 2020. In Greenland, that number is 73 years (71 years for men, 76 years for women) as of 2020.
Uruguay has a GDP per capita of $22,400 as of 2017, while in Greenland, the GDP per capita is $41,800 as of 2015.
In Uruguay, 7.6% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Greenland, that number is 9.1% as of 2015.
In Uruguay, 9.7% live below the poverty line as of 2015. In Greenland, however, that number is 16.2% as of 2015.
Uruguay has a total of 660 km of coastline. In Greenland, that number is 44,087 km.
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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The statistics on this page were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
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