Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Paraguay instead of Saint Lucia, you would:
Economy
be 47.9% less likely to be unemployed
In Saint Lucia, 11.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Paraguay, that number is 5.8% as of 2023.
make 30.8% less money
Saint Lucia has a GDP per capita of $22,700 as of 2023, while in Paraguay, the GDP per capita is $15,700 as of 2023.
Life
have 39.5% more children
In Saint Lucia, there are approximately 11.4 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Paraguay, there are 15.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.
be 93.6% 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 Paraguay, on the other hand, 23.2 children do as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 13.4% more on healthcare
Saint Lucia spends 6.7% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Paraguay, that number is 7.6% of GDP as of 2020.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Paraguay: At a glance
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