If you lived in Saint Lucia instead of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, you would:

Health

be 60.0% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 1.5% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2018. In Saint Lucia, that number is 0.6% of people as of 2018.

live 2.3 years longer

In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, the average life expectancy is 77 years (75 years for men, 79 years for women) as of 2022. In Saint Lucia, that number is 79 years (76 years for men, 82 years for women) as of 2022.

be 16.9% less likely to be obese

In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 23.7% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Saint Lucia, that number is 19.7% of people as of 2016.

Economy

be 19.3% less likely to be unemployed

In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 19.6% of adults are unemployed as of 2022. In Saint Lucia, that number is 15.8% as of 2022.

Life

be 17.7% more likely to die during childbirth

In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, approximately 62.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Saint Lucia, 73.0 women do as of 2020.

Expenditures

spend 36.8% less on education

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines spends 5.7% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Saint Lucia spends 3.6% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

spend 39.6% more on healthcare

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines spends 4.8% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Saint Lucia, that number is 6.7% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 88.1% more coastline

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has a total of 84 km of coastline. In Saint Lucia, that number is 158 km.


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

Saint Lucia: At a glance

Saint Lucia is a sovereign country in Central America/Caribbean, with a total land area of approximately 606 sq km. The island, with its fine natural harbor at Castries, was contested between England and France throughout the 17th and early 18th centuries (changing possession 14 times); it was finally ceded to the UK in 1814. Even after the abolition of slavery on its plantations in 1834, Saint Lucia remained an agricultural island, dedicated to producing tropical commodity crops. Self-government was granted in 1967 and independence in 1979.
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