Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 2.5 years longer

In Saint Lucia, the average life expectancy is 79 years (76 years for men, 82 years for women) as of 2022. In Portugal, that number is 82 years (78 years for men, 85 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

make 2.4 times more money

Saint Lucia has a GDP per capita of $15,100 as of 2022, while in Portugal, the GDP per capita is $35,800 as of 2022.

be 61.9% less likely to be unemployed

In Saint Lucia, 15.8% of adults are unemployed as of 2022. In Portugal, that number is 6.0% as of 2022.

be 34.4% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Saint Lucia, 25.0% live below the poverty line as of 2016. In Portugal, however, that number is 16.4% as of 2021.

Life

be 83.6% less likely to die during childbirth

In Saint Lucia, approximately 73.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Portugal, 12.0 women do as of 2020.

be 79.1% 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 Portugal, on the other hand, 2.5 children do as of 2022.

have 28.9% fewer children

In Saint Lucia, there are approximately 11.4 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Portugal, there are 8.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2020.

Expenditures

spend 38.9% more on education

Saint Lucia spends 3.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Portugal spends 5.0% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

spend 58.2% more on healthcare

Saint Lucia spends 6.7% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Portugal, that number is 10.6% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 11.3 times more coastline

Saint Lucia has a total of 158 km of coastline. In Portugal, that number is 1,793 km.

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

Portugal: At a glance

Portugal is a sovereign country in Europe, with a total land area of approximately 91,470 sq km. Following its heyday as a global maritime power during the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal lost much of its wealth and status with the destruction of Lisbon in a 1755 earthquake, occupation during the Napoleonic Wars, and the independence of Brazil, its wealthiest colony, in 1822. A 1910 revolution deposed the monarchy; for most of the next six decades, repressive governments ran the country. In 1974, a left-wing military coup installed broad democratic reforms. The following year, Portugal granted independence to all of its African colonies. Portugal is a founding member of NATO and entered the EC (now the EU) in 1986.
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