Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 13.7 years longer

In Western Sahara, the average life expectancy is 64 years (62 years for men, 67 years for women) as of 2020. In Dominica, that number is 78 years (75 years for men, 81 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

make 6.4 times more money

Western Sahara has a GDP per capita of $2,500 as of 2007, while in Dominica, the GDP per capita is $15,900 as of 2023.

Life

be 76.5% 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 Dominica, on the other hand, 11.3 children do as of 2022.

have 52.5% fewer children

In Western Sahara, there are approximately 28.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2020. In Dominica, there are 13.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Geography

see 86.7% less coastline

Western Sahara has a total of 1,110 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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