Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Egypt instead of Saint Lucia, you would:
Health
live 4.5 years less
In Saint Lucia, the average life expectancy is 79 years (76 years for men, 82 years for women) as of 2022. In Egypt, that number is 74 years (73 years for men, 76 years for women) as of 2022.
be 62.4% more likely to be obese
In Saint Lucia, 19.7% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Egypt, that number is 32.0% of people as of 2016.
Economy
be 34.1% less likely to be unemployed
In Saint Lucia, 11.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Egypt, that number is 7.3% as of 2023.
make 25.1% less money
Saint Lucia has a GDP per capita of $22,700 as of 2023, while in Egypt, the GDP per capita is $17,000 as of 2023.
be 18.8% more likely to live below the poverty line
In Saint Lucia, 25.0% live below the poverty line as of 2016. In Egypt, however, that number is 29.7% as of 2019.
Life
be 76.7% less likely to die during childbirth
In Saint Lucia, approximately 73.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Egypt, 17.0 women do as of 2020.
have 71.1% more children
In Saint Lucia, there are approximately 11.4 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Egypt, there are 19.5 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.
be 47.6% more likely to die during infancy
In Saint Lucia, approximately 12.0 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Egypt, on the other hand, 17.7 children do as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 30.6% less on education
Saint Lucia spends 3.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Egypt spends 2.5% of total GDP on education as of 2020.
spend 34.3% less on healthcare
Saint Lucia spends 6.7% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Egypt, that number is 4.4% of GDP as of 2020.
Geography
see 15.5 times more coastline
Saint Lucia has a total of 158 km of coastline. In Egypt, that number is 2,450 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Egypt: At a glance
How big is Egypt compared to Saint Lucia? See an in-depth size comparison.