Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Belize instead of Western Sahara, you would:

Health

live 11.3 years longer

In Western Sahara, the average life expectancy is 64 years (62 years for men, 67 years for women) as of 2020. In Belize, that number is 76 years (74 years for men, 78 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

make 5.1 times more money

Western Sahara has a GDP per capita of $2,500 as of 2007, while in Belize, the GDP per capita is $12,800 as of 2023.

Life

be 76.7% less likely to die during infancy

In Western Sahara, approximately 47.9 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2020. In Belize, on the other hand, 11.2 children do as of 2022.

have 36.8% fewer children

In Western Sahara, there are approximately 28.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2020. In Belize, there are 17.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Geography

see 65.2% less coastline

Western Sahara has a total of 1,110 km of coastline. In Belize, that number is 386 km.

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

Belize: At a glance

Belize is a sovereign country in Central America/Caribbean, with a total land area of approximately 22,806 sq km. Belize was the site of several Mayan city states until their decline at the end of the first millennium A.D. The British and Spanish disputed the region in the 17th and 18th centuries; it formally became the colony of British Honduras in 1854. Territorial disputes between the UK and Guatemala delayed the independence of Belize until 1981. Guatemala refused to recognize the new nation until 1992 and the two countries are involved in an ongoing border dispute. Tourism has become the mainstay of the economy. Current concerns include the country's heavy foreign debt burden, high unemployment, growing involvement in the Mexican and South American drug trade, high crime rates, and one of the highest HIV/AIDS prevalence rates in Central America.
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