Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Poland instead of Saint Lucia, you would:
Health
be 17.3% more likely to be obese
In Saint Lucia, 19.7% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Poland, that number is 23.1% of people as of 2016.
Economy
make 2.5 times more money
Saint Lucia has a GDP per capita of $15,100 as of 2022, while in Poland, the GDP per capita is $37,700 as of 2022.
be 81.7% less likely to be unemployed
In Saint Lucia, 15.8% of adults are unemployed as of 2022. In Poland, that number is 2.9% as of 2022.
be 52.8% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Saint Lucia, 25.0% live below the poverty line as of 2016. In Poland, however, that number is 11.8% as of 2022.
Life
be 97.3% less likely to die during childbirth
In Saint Lucia, approximately 73.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Poland, 2.0 women do as of 2020.
be 65.3% less 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 Poland, on the other hand, 4.2 children do as of 2022.
have 26.3% fewer children
In Saint Lucia, there are approximately 11.4 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Poland, there are 8.4 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.
Expenditures
spend 44.4% more on education
Saint Lucia spends 3.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Poland spends 5.2% of total GDP on education as of 2020.
Geography
see 2.8 times more coastline
Saint Lucia has a total of 158 km of coastline. In Poland, that number is 440 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Poland: At a glance
How big is Poland compared to Saint Lucia? See an in-depth size comparison.