Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Brazil instead of Latvia, you would:
Economy
be 81.7% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Latvia, 22.9% live below the poverty line as of 2018. In Brazil, however, that number is 4.2% as of 2016.
make 52.8% less money
Latvia has a GDP per capita of $29,900 as of 2020, while in Brazil, the GDP per capita is $14,100 as of 2020.
be 94.3% more likely to be unemployed
In Latvia, 6.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Brazil, that number is 11.9% as of 2019.
pay a 19.6% higher top tax rate
Latvia has a top tax rate of 23.0% as of 2016. In Brazil, the top tax rate is 27.5% as of 2016.
Life
have 59.9% more children
In Latvia, there are approximately 8.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Brazil, there are 14.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
be 3.2 times more likely to die during childbirth
In Latvia, approximately 19.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Brazil, 60.0 women do as of 2017.
be 2.7 times more likely to die during infancy
In Latvia, approximately 4.8 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Brazil, on the other hand, 13.3 children do as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 45.2% more on education
Latvia spends 4.2% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Brazil spends 6.1% of total GDP on education as of 2018.
spend 45.5% more on healthcare
Latvia spends 6.6% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Brazil, that number is 9.6% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 15.0 times more coastline
Latvia has a total of 498 km of coastline. In Brazil, that number is 7,491 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: State Revenue Service, Latvia, The World Factbook, Secretaria da Receita Federal do Brasil.
Brazil: At a glance
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