Where is it better to live in Saudi Arabia or in Seychelles?
To answer the question - which country - Saudi Arabia or Seychelles, is more comfortable for living, let’s compare different constituents which make the standard of living:
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Perhaps, it’s difficult to argue that it’s better to live in a rich country than in a poor one. As of 2024 year data, the basic indicator of the economic development - GDP by purchasing power parity per capita - was:
● In Saudi Arabia - 61 thousand dollars,
● In Seychelles - 30,3 thousand dollars.
Thus, according to the gross production per one person, Saudi Arabia leaves Seychelles behind by %.
Let’s compare the data about minimum labor level pay in both countries.
● The minimum wage in Saudi Arabia set at 4,000 riyals (approximately US$ 1,070);
● The minimum wage in Seychelles set at 38.27 Seychelles rupees per hour (US$ 486 per month for a five-day week).
Where is the crime rate lower? up↑
To estimate the population law-abidingness and law enforcement activity, let’s pay attention to the statics of premeditated murders and to the data about the number of Saudis and Seychellois, being imprisoned.
Yearly out of 100 thousand people, murders kill:
● in Saudi Arabia - 0.80 people;
● in Seychelles - 4.70 people
***As of 2023 year, in prisons and criminal camps the number of inmates is:
● in Saudi Arabia - 68.1 thousand, or 207 prisoners per 100,000 people;
● in Seychelles - 320, or 360 prisoners per 100,000 people
Where do people get sick less and live longer? up↑
The life quality is greatly defined by how long the people live. According to the latest data, the life expectancy is:
● in Saudi Arabia - 74.3 years (73.1 years among men and 76.1 years among women)
● in Seychelles - 73.3 years (70 years among men and 77.1 years among women)
Where do people drink and smoke less? up↑
It’s considered that It’s more comfortable to live in that country where people are less exposed to bad habits. The following WHO data show that the situation with the alcohol consumption (pure alcohol) runs as this:
● in Saudi Arabia - 0.2 liters per every person older 15 years old;
● in Seychelles - 20.5 liters per every person older 15 years old
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Addiction to smoking in the countries under consideration is seen like that:
● in Saudi Arabia there are 14,9 % of active smokers among the adults (27,6 % of adult males and 2,1 % of adult females smoke there);
● in Seychelles 20,2 % of adult population smoke on a constant base (34,7 % of men and 5,8 % of women)
Where do people have more reasons to be satisfied with their lives? up↑
Perhaps, it’s very difficult to make up an indicator, with the help of which one can define how much the people of this or that country are satisfied by their lives. Nevertheless, there have been a couple of researches.
There is an overall index, is used by UNO - Human Development Index (HDI). This index considers various reasons why citizens feel comfortable. According to 2022 data, HDI in Saudi Arabia is 0.875; in Seychelles - 0.785.
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To indirectly evaluate how much the people are satisfied with their lives, one can consider the number of suicides. It comes logically that the better the lives of the people are arranged, the fewer reasons for the suicides there are. In the countries under consideration, per 100 000 people there are:
● in Saudi Arabia - 5,4 suicides (7,8 among men and 1,9 among women) ;
● in Seychelles - 7,7 suicides (14,0 among men and 1,3 among women)
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