Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in United States instead of Western Sahara, you would:

Health

live 16.1 years longer

In Western Sahara, the average life expectancy is 64 years (62 years for men, 67 years for women) as of 2020. In United States, that number is 81 years (78 years for men, 83 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

make 29.4 times more money

Western Sahara has a GDP per capita of $2,500 as of 2007, while in United States, the GDP per capita is $73,600 as of 2023.

Life

be 89.2% 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 United States, on the other hand, 5.2 children do as of 2022.

have 56.4% fewer children

In Western Sahara, there are approximately 28.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2020. In United States, there are 12.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Geography

see 17.9 times more coastline

Western Sahara has a total of 1,110 km of coastline. In United States, that number is 19,924 km.

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

United States: At a glance

United States (sometimes abbreviated US or USA) is a sovereign country in North America, with a total land area of approximately 9,147,593 sq km. Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the original 13 as the nation expanded across the North American continent and acquired a number of overseas possessions. The two most traumatic experiences in the nation's history were the Civil War (1861-65), in which a northern Union of states defeated a secessionist Confederacy of 11 southern slave states, and the Great Depression of the 1930s, an economic downturn during which about a quarter of the labor force lost its jobs. Buoyed by victories in World Wars I and II and the end of the Cold War in 1991, the US remains the world's most powerful nation state. Since the end of World War II, the economy has achieved relatively steady growth, low unemployment and inflation, and rapid advances in technology.
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