Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Saint Lucia instead of Cuba, you would:
Health
be 19.9% less likely to be obese
In Cuba, 24.6% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Saint Lucia, that number is 19.7% of people as of 2016.
Economy
make 84.6% more money
Cuba has a GDP per capita of $12,300 as of 2016, while in Saint Lucia, the GDP per capita is $22,700 as of 2023.
be 9.6 times more likely to be unemployed
In Cuba, 1.2% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Saint Lucia, that number is 11.1% as of 2023.
Life
have 15.2% more children
In Cuba, there are approximately 9.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Saint Lucia, there are 11.4 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.
be 87.2% more likely to die during childbirth
In Cuba, approximately 39.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Saint Lucia, 73.0 women do as of 2020.
be 2.9 times more likely to die during infancy
In Cuba, approximately 4.1 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Saint Lucia, on the other hand, 12.0 children do as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 71.9% less on education
Cuba spends 12.8% of its total GDP on education as of 2010. Saint Lucia spends 3.6% of total GDP on education as of 2020.
spend 46.4% less on healthcare
Cuba spends 12.5% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Saint Lucia, that number is 6.7% of GDP as of 2020.
Geography
see 95.8% less coastline
Cuba has a total of 3,735 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
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