Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Kazakhstan instead of Turkey, you would:
Health
be 34.6% less likely to be obese
In Turkey, 32.1% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Kazakhstan, that number is 21.0% of people as of 2016.
live 3.7 years less
In Turkey, the average life expectancy is 76 years (74 years for men, 79 years for women) as of 2022. In Kazakhstan, that number is 73 years (67 years for men, 77 years for women) as of 2022.
Economy
be 48.5% less likely to be unemployed
In Turkey, 9.4% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Kazakhstan, that number is 4.8% as of 2023.
be 63.9% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Turkey, 14.4% live below the poverty line as of 2020. In Kazakhstan, however, that number is 5.2% as of 2022.
pay a 71.4% lower top tax rate
Turkey has a top tax rate of 35.0% as of 2016. In Kazakhstan, the top tax rate is 10.0% as of 2016.
Life
be 23.5% less likely to die during childbirth
In Turkey, approximately 17.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Kazakhstan, 13.0 women do as of 2020.
have 24.6% more children
In Turkey, there are approximately 13.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Kazakhstan, there are 17.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.
Expenditures
spend 17.4% less on healthcare
Turkey spends 4.6% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Kazakhstan, that number is 3.8% of GDP as of 2020.
spend 32.4% more on education
Turkey spends 3.4% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Kazakhstan spends 4.5% of total GDP on education as of 2020.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Revenue Administration, Government of Turkey, Tax Committee of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Kazakhstan: At a glance
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