Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Portugal instead of Cayman Islands, you would:

Economy

make 47.6% less money

Cayman Islands has a GDP per capita of $79,600 as of 2022, while in Portugal, the GDP per capita is $41,700 as of 2023.

be 62.3% more likely to be unemployed

In Cayman Islands, 4.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2008. In Portugal, that number is 6.5% as of 2023.

Life

be 67.3% less likely to die during infancy

In Cayman Islands, approximately 7.7 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Portugal, on the other hand, 2.5 children do as of 2022.

have 29.6% fewer children

In Cayman Islands, there are approximately 11.5 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Portugal, there are 8.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2020.

Expenditures

spend 2.4 times more on education

Cayman Islands spends 2.1% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Portugal spends 5.0% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

Geography

see 11.2 times more coastline

Cayman Islands has a total of 160 km of coastline. In Portugal, that number is 1,793 km.

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

Portugal: At a glance

Portugal is a sovereign country in Europe, with a total land area of approximately 91,470 sq km. Following its heyday as a global maritime power during the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal lost much of its wealth and status with the destruction of Lisbon in a 1755 earthquake, occupation during the Napoleonic Wars, and the independence of Brazil, its wealthiest colony, in 1822. A 1910 revolution deposed the monarchy; for most of the next six decades, repressive governments ran the country. In 1974, a left-wing military coup installed broad democratic reforms. The following year, Portugal granted independence to all of its African colonies. Portugal is a founding member of NATO and entered the EC (now the EU) in 1986.
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