Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Dominica instead of Puerto Rico, you would:

Health

live 3.5 years less

In Puerto Rico, the average life expectancy is 82 years (78 years for men, 85 years for women) as of 2022. In Dominica, that number is 78 years (75 years for men, 81 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

make 66.5% less money

Puerto Rico has a GDP per capita of $34,300 as of 2022, while in Dominica, the GDP per capita is $11,500 as of 2022.

be 3.8 times more likely to be unemployed

In Puerto Rico, 6.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2022. In Dominica, that number is 23.0% as of 2000.

Life

have 70.5% more children

In Puerto Rico, there are approximately 7.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Dominica, there are 13.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

be 86.6% more likely to die during infancy

In Puerto Rico, approximately 6.0 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Dominica, on the other hand, 11.3 children do as of 2022.

Expenditures

spend 52.8% more on education

Puerto Rico spends 3.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2021. Dominica spends 5.5% of total GDP on education as of 2021.

Geography

see 70.5% less coastline

Puerto Rico has a total of 501 km of coastline. In Dominica, that number is 148 km.

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

Dominica: At a glance

Dominica is a sovereign country in Central America/Caribbean, with a total land area of approximately 751 sq km. Dominica was the last of the Caribbean islands to be colonized by Europeans due chiefly to the fierce resistance of the native Caribs. France ceded possession to Great Britain in 1763, which made the island a colony in 1805. In 1980, two years after independence, Dominica's fortunes improved when a corrupt and tyrannical administration was replaced by that of Mary Eugenia CHARLES, the first female prime minister in the Caribbean, who remained in office for 15 years. Some 3,000 Carib Indians still living on Dominica are the only pre-Columbian population remaining in the eastern Caribbean.
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