Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Turkey instead of Latvia, you would:
Health
be 36.0% more likely to be obese
In Latvia, 23.6% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Turkey, that number is 32.1% of people as of 2016.
Economy
be 36.0% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Latvia, 22.5% live below the poverty line as of 2021. In Turkey, however, that number is 14.4% as of 2020.
be 53.2% more likely to be unemployed
In Latvia, 6.8% of adults are unemployed as of 2022. In Turkey, that number is 10.4% as of 2022.
pay a 52.2% higher top tax rate
Latvia has a top tax rate of 23.0% as of 2016. In Turkey, the top tax rate is 35.0% as of 2016.
Life
have 66.3% more children
In Latvia, there are approximately 8.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Turkey, there are 13.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.
be 4.0 times more likely to die during infancy
In Latvia, approximately 4.8 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Turkey, on the other hand, 19.4 children do as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 43.3% less on education
Latvia spends 6.0% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Turkey spends 3.4% of total GDP on education as of 2020.
spend 38.7% less on healthcare
Latvia spends 7.5% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Turkey, that number is 4.6% of GDP as of 2020.
Geography
see 14.5 times more coastline
Latvia has a total of 498 km of coastline. In Turkey, that number is 7,200 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: State Revenue Service, Latvia, The World Factbook, Revenue Administration, Government of Turkey.
Turkey: At a glance
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