Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines instead of Saint Lucia, you would:
Health
be 2.5 times more likely to be living with HIV/AIDS
In Saint Lucia, 0.6% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2018. In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, that number is 1.5% of people as of 2018.
live 2.3 years less
In Saint Lucia, the average life expectancy is 79 years (76 years for men, 82 years for women) as of 2022. In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, that number is 77 years (75 years for men, 79 years for women) as of 2022.
be 20.3% more likely to be obese
In Saint Lucia, 19.7% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, that number is 23.7% of people as of 2016.
Economy
be 24.0% more likely to be unemployed
In Saint Lucia, 15.8% of adults are unemployed as of 2022. In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, that number is 19.6% as of 2022.
Life
be 15.1% less likely to die during childbirth
In Saint Lucia, approximately 73.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 62.0 women do as of 2020.
Expenditures
spend 28.4% less on healthcare
Saint Lucia spends 6.7% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, that number is 4.8% of GDP as of 2020.
spend 58.3% more on education
Saint Lucia spends 3.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines spends 5.7% of total GDP on education as of 2018.
Geography
see 46.8% less coastline
Saint Lucia has a total of 158 km of coastline. In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, that number is 84 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: At a glance
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