Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Comoros instead of Thailand, you would:
be 90.9% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS
In Thailand, 1.1% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2018. In Comoros, that number is 0.1% of people as of 2018.
be 22.0% less likely to be obese
In Thailand, 10.0% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Comoros, that number is 7.8% of people as of 2016.
live 9.9 years less
In Thailand, the average life expectancy is 76 years (72 years for men, 79 years for women) as of 2020. In Comoros, that number is 66 years (63 years for men, 68 years for women) as of 2020.
make 91.1% less money
Thailand has a GDP per capita of $17,900 as of 2017, while in Comoros, the GDP per capita is $1,600 as of 2017.
be 9.3 times more likely to be unemployed
In Thailand, 0.7% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Comoros, that number is 6.5% as of 2014.
be 6.2 times more likely to live below the poverty line
In Thailand, 7.2% live below the poverty line as of 2015. In Comoros, however, that number is 44.8% as of 2004.
have 2.2 times more children
In Thailand, there are approximately 10.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2020. In Comoros, there are 23.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2020.
be 7.4 times more likely to die during childbirth
In Thailand, approximately 37.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Comoros, 273.0 women do as of 2017.
be 36.7% less likely to be literate
In Thailand, the literacy rate is 92.9% as of 2015. In Comoros, it is 58.8% as of 2018.
be 6.4 times more likely to die during infancy
In Thailand, approximately 8.6 children die before they reach the age of one as of 2020. In Comoros, on the other hand, 55.0 children do as of 2020.
be 22.2% less likely to have access to electricity
In Thailand, approximately 100% of the population has electricity access as of 2016. In Comoros, 78% of the population do as of 2017.
be 85.1% less likely to have internet access
In Thailand, approximately 56.8% of the population has internet access as of 2018. In Comoros, about 8.5% do as of 2018.
spend 39.0% less on education
Thailand spends 4.1% of its total GDP on education as of 2013. Comoros spends 2.5% of total GDP on education as of 2015.
see 89.4% less coastline
Thailand has a total of 3,219 km of coastline. In Comoros, that number is 340 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Comoros: At a glance
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