If you lived in Saint Lucia instead of Guyana, you would:

Health

be 53.8% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Guyana, 1.3% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Saint Lucia, that number is 0.6% of people as of 2018.

live 7.1 years longer

In Guyana, the average life expectancy is 72 years (70 years for men, 74 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.

Economy

be 10.8% less likely to be unemployed

In Guyana, 12.4% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Saint Lucia, that number is 11.1% as of 2023.

be 28.6% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Guyana, 35.0% live below the poverty line as of 2006. In Saint Lucia, however, that number is 25.0% as of 2016.

make 54.4% less money

Guyana has a GDP per capita of $49,800 as of 2023, while in Saint Lucia, the GDP per capita is $22,700 as of 2023.

Life

be 34.8% less likely to die during childbirth

In Guyana, approximately 112.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Saint Lucia, 73.0 women do as of 2020.

be 45.9% less likely to die during infancy

In Guyana, approximately 22.1 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.

have 31.7% fewer children

In Guyana, there are approximately 16.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Saint Lucia, there are 11.4 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Expenditures

spend 20.0% less on education

Guyana spends 4.5% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Saint Lucia spends 3.6% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

spend 21.8% more on healthcare

Guyana spends 5.5% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Saint Lucia, that number is 6.7% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 65.6% less coastline

Guyana has a total of 459 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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