Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Turks and Caicos Islands instead of Portugal, you would:
Economy
make 34.5% less money
Portugal has a GDP per capita of $32,200 as of 2020, while in Turks and Caicos Islands, the GDP per capita is $21,100 as of 2020.
be 52.7% more likely to be unemployed
In Portugal, 6.5% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Turks and Caicos Islands, that number is 10.0% as of 1997.
Life
have 67.2% more children
In Portugal, there are approximately 8.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2020. In Turks and Caicos Islands, there are 13.5 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
be 4.6 times more likely to die during infancy
In Portugal, approximately 2.5 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Turks and Caicos Islands, on the other hand, 11.6 children do as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 25.5% less on education
Portugal spends 4.7% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Turks and Caicos Islands spends 3.5% of total GDP on education as of 2019.
Geography
see 78.3% less coastline
Portugal has a total of 1,793 km of coastline. In Turks and Caicos Islands, that number is 389 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Turks and Caicos Islands: At a glance
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