Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Saint Lucia instead of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, you would:
Health
be 60.0% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS
In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 1.5% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2018. In Saint Lucia, that number is 0.6% of people as of 2018.
live 2.3 years longer
In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, the average life expectancy is 77 years (75 years for men, 79 years for women) as of 2022. In Saint Lucia, that number is 79 years (76 years for men, 82 years for women) as of 2022.
be 16.9% less likely to be obese
In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 23.7% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Saint Lucia, that number is 19.7% of people as of 2016.
Economy
be 19.3% less likely to be unemployed
In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 19.6% of adults are unemployed as of 2022. In Saint Lucia, that number is 15.8% as of 2022.
Life
be 17.7% more likely to die during childbirth
In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, approximately 62.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Saint Lucia, 73.0 women do as of 2020.
Expenditures
spend 36.8% less on education
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines spends 5.7% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Saint Lucia spends 3.6% of total GDP on education as of 2020.
spend 39.6% more on healthcare
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines spends 4.8% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Saint Lucia, that number is 6.7% of GDP as of 2020.
Geography
see 88.1% more coastline
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has a total of 84 km of coastline. In Saint Lucia, that number is 158 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Saint Lucia: At a glance
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