If you lived in India instead of Venezuela, you would:

Health

be 65.2% less likely to be obese

In Venezuela, 23.0% of adults are obese as of 2024. In India, that number is 8.0% of people as of 2024.

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see 86.2% more spent on your healthcare

Venezuela spends $186 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). India spends $346 as of 2023.

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have 56.6% fewer doctors per person

Venezuela has 16.6 doctors per 10,000 people as of 2017. India has 7.2 as of 2020.

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have 16.0% less access to essential health services

Venezuela scores 75 out of 100 on the universal health coverage index as of 2021. India scores 63 as of 2021.

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be 45.5% more likely to die by suicide

Venezuela has a suicide rate of 8.6 per 100,000 people as of 2021. In India, it is 12.6 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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Economy

be 20.5% less likely to be unemployed

In Venezuela, 5.3% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In India, that number is 4.2% as of 2025.

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make 22.7% less money

Venezuela has a GDP per capita of $3,495 as of 2025, while in India, the GDP per capita is $2,702 as of 2025.

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Life

be 64.8% less likely to die during childbirth

In Venezuela, approximately 227.0 women die from pregnancy or childbirth per 100,000 live births as of 2023. In India, 80.0 women do as of 2023.

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be 19.8% less likely to be literate

In Venezuela, the literacy rate is 97.5% as of 2021. In India, it is 78.2% as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 11.6% less on healthcare

Venezuela spends 3.8% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2023. In India, that number is 3.3% of GDP as of 2023.

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Geography

see 2.5 times more coastline

Venezuela has a total of 2,800 km of coastline. In India, that number is 7,000 km.

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Safety

be 77.7% less likely to be murdered

Venezuela has a homicide rate of 12.7 per 100,000 people as of 2022. In India, that number is 2.8 per 100,000 as of 2022.

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be 16.7% more likely to die in a road accident

In Venezuela, road accidents kill 13.2 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In India, they kill 15.4 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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Infrastructure

find 75.7% less home broadband

Venezuela has 12.9 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. India has 3.1 as of 2024.

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live with 8.8 times more strain on fresh water

Venezuela withdraws 8% of its available fresh water each year as of 2022. India withdraws 66% as of 2022.

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use 39.5% less electricity

Venezuela uses 1,953 kWh of electricity per person each year as of 2023. India uses 1,182 kWh as of 2023.

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Environment

emit 36.0% less CO2

Venezuela emits 3.4 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. India emits 2.2 tonnes as of 2024.

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be 2.6 times more likely to die from air pollution

In Venezuela, air pollution causes 32.0 deaths per 100,000 people as of 2019. In India, it causes 83.0 as of 2019.

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Sources: World Bank (2017–2025), United Nations SDG Indicators (2019–2021), The World Factbook (2021), World Health Organization (2024). How we calculate this

India: At a glance

India is a sovereign country in South Asia, with a total land area of approximately 2,973,193 sq km. The Indus Valley civilization, one of the world's oldest, flourished during the 3rd and 2nd millennia B.C. and extended into northwestern India. Aryan tribes from the northwest infiltrated the Indian subcontinent about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. The Maurya Empire of the 4th and 3rd centuries B.C. - which reached its zenith under ASHOKA - united much of South Asia. The Golden Age ushered in by the Gupta dynasty (4th to 6th centuries A.D.) saw a flowering of Indian science, art, and culture. Islam spread across the subcontinent over a period of 700 years. In the 10th and 11th centuries, Turks and Afghans invaded India and established the Delhi Sultanate. In the early 16th century, the Emperor BABUR established the Mughal Dynasty which ruled India for more than three centuries. European explorers began establishing footholds in India during the 16th century. By the 19th century, Great Britain had become the dominant political power on the subcontinent. The British Indian Army played a vital role in both World Wars. Years of nonviolent resistance to British rule, led by Mohandas GANDHI and Jawaharlal NEHRU, eventually resulted in Indian independence, which was granted in 1947. Large-scale communal violence took place before and after the subcontinent partition into two separate states - India and Pakistan. The neighboring nations have fought three wars since independence, the last of which was in 1971 and resulted in East Pakistan becoming the separate nation of Bangladesh. India's nuclear weapons tests in 1998 emboldened Pakistan to conduct its own tests that same year. In November 2008, terrorists originating from Pakistan conducted a series of coordinated attacks in Mumbai, India's financial capital. Despite pressing problems such as significant overpopulation, environmental degradation, extensive poverty, and widespread corruption, economic growth following the launch of economic reforms in 1991 and a massive youthful population are driving India's emergence as a regional and global power.
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