Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Aruba instead of Slovakia, you would:

Economy

be 31.8% more likely to be unemployed

In Slovakia, 5.8% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Aruba, that number is 7.7% as of 2016.

pay a 2.4 times higher top tax rate

Slovakia has a top tax rate of 25.0% as of 2016. In Aruba, the top tax rate is 59.0% as of 2016.

Life

have 29.8% more children

In Slovakia, there are approximately 8.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Aruba, there are 11.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

be 2.5 times more likely to die during infancy

In Slovakia, approximately 4.8 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Aruba, on the other hand, 12.1 children do as of 2022.

Expenditures

spend 34.8% more on education

Slovakia spends 4.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Aruba spends 6.2% of total GDP on education as of 2016.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Ministerio di Finansas, Comunicacion, Utilidad y Energia, Tax Directorate, Slovakia.

Aruba: At a glance

Aruba is a sovereign country in Central America/Caribbean, with a total land area of approximately 180 sq km. Discovered and claimed for Spain in 1499, Aruba was acquired by the Dutch in 1636. The island's economy has been dominated by three main industries. A 19th century gold rush was followed by prosperity brought on by the opening in 1924 of an oil refinery. The last decades of the 20th century saw a boom in the tourism industry. Aruba seceded from the Netherlands Antilles in 1986 and became a separate, autonomous member of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Movement toward full independence was halted at Aruba's request in 1990.
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