Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Antigua and Barbuda instead of Costa Rica, you would:

Health

be 26.5% less likely to be obese

In Costa Rica, 25.7% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Antigua and Barbuda, that number is 18.9% of people as of 2016.

be 2.8 times more likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Costa Rica, 0.4% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Antigua and Barbuda, that number is 1.1% of people as of 2018.

live 1.8 years less

In Costa Rica, the average life expectancy is 80 years (77 years for men, 82 years for women) as of 2022. In Antigua and Barbuda, that number is 78 years (76 years for men, 80 years for women) as of 2022.

Life

have 38.0% more children

In Costa Rica, there are approximately 10.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Antigua and Barbuda, there are 14.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

be 70.4% more likely to die during infancy

In Costa Rica, approximately 8.4 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Antigua and Barbuda, on the other hand, 14.3 children do as of 2022.

Basic Needs

be 15.7% more likely to have internet access

In Costa Rica, approximately 83.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Antigua and Barbuda, about 96.0% do as of 2021.

Expenditures

spend 43.3% less on education

Costa Rica spends 6.7% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Antigua and Barbuda spends 3.8% of total GDP on education as of 2021.

spend 29.1% less on healthcare

Costa Rica spends 7.9% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Antigua and Barbuda, that number is 5.6% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 88.1% less coastline

Costa Rica has a total of 1,290 km of coastline. In Antigua and Barbuda, that number is 153 km.

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

Antigua and Barbuda: At a glance

Antigua and Barbuda is a sovereign country in Central America/Caribbean, with a total land area of approximately 442 sq km. The Siboney were the first people to inhabit the islands of Antigua and Barbuda in 2400 B.C., but Arawak Indians populated the islands when COLUMBUS landed on his second voyage in 1493. Early Spanish and French settlements were succeeded by an English colony in 1667. Slavery, established to run the sugar plantations on Antigua, was abolished in 1834. The islands became an independent state within the British Commonwealth of Nations in 1981.
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