Where is it better to live in Seychelles or in South Sudan?
To answer the question - which country - Seychelles or South Sudan, 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 Seychelles - 30,3 thousand dollars,
● In South Sudan - 0,95 thousand dollars.
Thus, according to the gross production per one person, Seychelles leaves South Sudan behind by %.
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 Seychellois and South Sudanese, being imprisoned.
Yearly out of 100 thousand people, murders kill:
● in Seychelles - 4.70 people;
● in South Sudan - 13.90 people
***As of 2023 year, in prisons and criminal camps the number of inmates is:
● in Seychelles - 320, or 360 prisoners per 100,000 people;
● in South Sudan - 7 thousand, or 50 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 Seychelles - 73.3 years (70 years among men and 77.1 years among women)
● in South Sudan - 62.8 years (60.8 years among men and 64.8 years among 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 Seychelles is 0.785; in South Sudan - 0.385.
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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 Seychelles - 7,7 suicides (14,0 among men and 1,3 among women) ;
● in South Sudan - 6,7 suicides (10,4 among men and 3,4 among women)
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