Quality of life comparison

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

Health

be 41.6% more likely to be obese

In Saint Lucia, 19.7% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Dominica, that number is 27.9% of people as of 2016.

Economy

make 30.0% less money

Saint Lucia has a GDP per capita of $22,700 as of 2023, while in Dominica, the GDP per capita is $15,900 as of 2023.

be 2.1 times more likely to be unemployed

In Saint Lucia, 11.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Dominica, that number is 23.0% as of 2000.

be 16.0% more likely to live below the poverty line

In Saint Lucia, 25.0% live below the poverty line as of 2016. In Dominica, however, that number is 29.0% as of 2009.

Life

have 16.7% more children

In Saint Lucia, there are approximately 11.4 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Dominica, there are 13.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Expenditures

spend 14.9% less on healthcare

Saint Lucia spends 6.7% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Dominica, that number is 5.7% of GDP as of 2020.

spend 52.8% more on education

Saint Lucia spends 3.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Dominica spends 5.5% of total GDP on education as of 2021.

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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