Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Suriname instead of Sri Lanka, you would:

Health

be 11.0 times more likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Sri Lanka, 0.1% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Suriname, that number is 1.1% of people as of 2020.

live 5.1 years less

In Sri Lanka, the average life expectancy is 78 years (75 years for men, 82 years for women) as of 2020. In Suriname, that number is 72 years (69 years for men, 76 years for women) as of 2022.

be 5.1 times more likely to be obese

In Sri Lanka, 5.2% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Suriname, that number is 26.4% of people as of 2016.

Economy

make 46.2% more money

Sri Lanka has a GDP per capita of $13,000 as of 2023, while in Suriname, the GDP per capita is $19,000 as of 2023.

be 21.1% more likely to be unemployed

In Sri Lanka, 6.4% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Suriname, that number is 7.7% as of 2023.

be 4.9 times more likely to live below the poverty line

In Sri Lanka, 14.3% live below the poverty line as of 2019. In Suriname, however, that number is 70.0% as of 2002.

pay a 2.5 times higher top tax rate

Sri Lanka has a top tax rate of 15.0% as of 2016. In Suriname, the top tax rate is 38.0% as of 2016.

Life

be 3.3 times more likely to die during childbirth

In Sri Lanka, approximately 29.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Suriname, 96.0 women do as of 2020.

be 3.7 times more likely to die during infancy

In Sri Lanka, approximately 8.2 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Suriname, on the other hand, 30.2 children do as of 2022.

Expenditures

spend 2.6 times more on education

Sri Lanka spends 1.9% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Suriname spends 5.0% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

spend 65.9% more on healthcare

Sri Lanka spends 4.1% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Suriname, that number is 6.8% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 71.2% less coastline

Sri Lanka has a total of 1,340 km of coastline. In Suriname, that number is 386 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Ministry of Finance, Sri Lanka Inland Revenue Department.

Suriname: At a glance

Suriname is a sovereign country in South America, with a total land area of approximately 156,000 sq km. First explored by the Spaniards in the 16th century and then settled by the English in the mid-17th century, Suriname became a Dutch colony in 1667. With the abolition of African slavery in 1863, workers were brought in from India and Java. Independence from the Netherlands was granted in 1975. Five years later the civilian government was replaced by a military regime that soon declared a socialist republic. It continued to exert control through a succession of nominally civilian administrations until 1987, when international pressure finally forced a democratic election. In 1990, the military overthrew the civilian leadership, but a democratically elected government - a four-party coalition - returned to power in 1991. The coalition expanded to eight parties in 2005 and ruled until August 2010, when voters returned former military leader Desire BOUTERSE and his opposition coalition to power.
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