Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Dominica instead of Suriname, you would:

Health

be 45.5% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Suriname, 1.1% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Dominica, that number is 0.6% of people as of 2018.

live 5.8 years longer

In Suriname, the average life expectancy is 72 years (69 years for men, 76 years for women) as of 2022. In Dominica, that number is 78 years (75 years for men, 81 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

be 58.6% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Suriname, 70.0% live below the poverty line as of 2002. In Dominica, however, that number is 29.0% as of 2009.

make 16.3% less money

Suriname has a GDP per capita of $19,000 as of 2023, while in Dominica, the GDP per capita is $15,900 as of 2023.

be 3.0 times more likely to be unemployed

In Suriname, 7.7% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Dominica, that number is 23.0% as of 2000.

Life

be 62.7% less likely to die during infancy

In Suriname, approximately 30.2 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Dominica, on the other hand, 11.3 children do as of 2022.

have 10.7% fewer children

In Suriname, there are approximately 14.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Dominica, there are 13.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Basic Needs

be 22.7% more likely to have internet access

In Suriname, approximately 66.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Dominica, about 81.0% do as of 2021.

Expenditures

spend 16.2% less on healthcare

Suriname spends 6.8% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Dominica, that number is 5.7% of GDP as of 2020.

spend 10.0% more on education

Suriname spends 5.0% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Dominica spends 5.5% of total GDP on education as of 2021.

Geography

see 61.7% less coastline

Suriname has a total of 386 km of coastline. In Dominica, that number is 148 km.

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

Dominica: At a glance

Dominica is a sovereign country in Central America/Caribbean, with a total land area of approximately 751 sq km. Dominica was the last of the Caribbean islands to be colonized by Europeans due chiefly to the fierce resistance of the native Caribs. France ceded possession to Great Britain in 1763, which made the island a colony in 1805. In 1980, two years after independence, Dominica's fortunes improved when a corrupt and tyrannical administration was replaced by that of Mary Eugenia CHARLES, the first female prime minister in the Caribbean, who remained in office for 15 years. Some 3,000 Carib Indians still living on Dominica are the only pre-Columbian population remaining in the eastern Caribbean.
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