Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Marshall Islands instead of Bangladesh, you would:

Health

be 14.7 times more likely to be obese

In Bangladesh, 3.6% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Marshall Islands, that number is 52.9% of people as of 2016.

Economy

be 61.5% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Bangladesh, 18.7% live below the poverty line as of 2022. In Marshall Islands, however, that number is 7.2% as of 2019.

be 8.4 times more likely to be unemployed

In Bangladesh, 4.3% of adults are unemployed as of 2022. In Marshall Islands, that number is 36.0% as of 2006.

Life

be 31.2% more likely to be literate

In Bangladesh, the literacy rate is 74.9% as of 2020. In Marshall Islands, it is 98.3% as of 2011.

be 28.6% less likely to die during infancy

In Bangladesh, approximately 30.4 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Marshall Islands, on the other hand, 21.7 children do as of 2022.

have 22.5% more children

In Bangladesh, there are approximately 17.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Marshall Islands, there are 21.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Expenditures

spend 6.5 times more on education

Bangladesh spends 2.1% of its total GDP on education as of 2021. Marshall Islands spends 13.6% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

spend 5.0 times more on healthcare

Bangladesh spends 2.6% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Marshall Islands, that number is 13.0% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 36.1% less coastline

Bangladesh has a total of 580 km of coastline. In Marshall Islands, that number is 370 km.

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

Marshall Islands: At a glance

Marshall Islands (sometimes abbreviated RMI) is a sovereign country in Australia-Oceania, with a total land area of approximately 181 sq km. After almost four decades under US administration as the easternmost part of the UN Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the Marshall Islands attained independence in 1986 under a Compact of Free Association. Compensation claims continue as a result of US nuclear testing on some of the atolls between 1947 and 1962. The Marshall Islands hosts the US Army Kwajalein Atoll (USAKA) Reagan Missile Test Site, a key installation in the US missile defense network.
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