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Quality Of Life Comparison: Nigeria Vs United Kingdom by irririchris(m): 9:34pm On Jun 24, 2022
In the light of the recent outburst by people living in the Diaspora trying to compare the prices of goods in their place of residence (the UK, USA, Canada, etc) vs Nigeria, this is an overview of the "Quality of life comparison between an average person living in the UK as against the average person in Nigeria.
P.S- I will be bringing that of Nigeria as against other countries as time goes on.

If you lived in the United Kingdom instead of Nigeria, you would:

HEALTH
(1) Live 20.7 years longer

In Nigeria, the average life expectancy is 60 years (59 years for men, 62 years for women) as of 2020. In the United Kingdom, that number is 81 years (79 years for men, 84 years for women) as of 2020.

(2) Be 3.1 times more likely to be obese

In Nigeria, 8.9% of adults are obese as of 2016. In the United Kingdom, that number is 27.8% of people as of 2016.


LIFE
(3) Be 99.2% less likely to die during childbirth

In Nigeria, approximately 917.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In the United Kingdom, 7.0 women do as of 2017.


have 65.6% fewer children

(4) In Nigeria, there are approximately 34.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2020. In the United Kingdom, there are 11.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2020.

(5) Be 93.1% less likely to die during infancy

In Nigeria, approximately 59.8 children die before they reach the age of one as of 2020. In the United Kingdom, on the other hand, 4.1 children do as of 2020.

ECONOMY

(6) Make 7.5 times more money

Nigeria has a GDP per capita of $5,900 as of 2017, while in the United Kingdom, the GDP per capita is $44,300 as of 2017.


(7) Be 73.3% less likely to be unemployed

In Nigeria, 16.5% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In the United Kingdom, that number is 4.4% as of 2017.

(cool Be 78.6% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Nigeria, 70.0% live below the poverty line as of 2010. In the United Kingdom, however, that number is 15.0% as of 2013.

(9) Pay an 87.5% higher top tax rate

Nigeria has a top tax rate of 24.0% as of 2016. In the United Kingdom, the top tax rate is 45.0% as of 2016.

BASIC NEEDS
(10) Be 68.6% more likely to have access to electricity

In Nigeria, approximately 59% of the population has electricity access as of 2017. In the United Kingdom, 100% of the population do as of 2016.

(11) Be 2.3 times more likely to have internet access

In Nigeria, approximately 42.0% of the population has internet access as of 2018. In the United Kingdom, about 94.9% do as of 2018.

(12) Be 28.4% more likely to have access to improved drinking water

In Nigeria, approximately 78% of people have improved drinking water access (93% in urban areas, and 64% in rural areas) as of 2017. In the United Kingdom, that number is 100% of people on average (100% in urban areas, and 100% in rural areas) as of 2017.

GEOGRAPHY
(13)See 14.6 times more coastline

Nigeria has a total of 853 km of coastline. In the United Kingdom, that number is 12,429 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Federal Inland Revenue Service, Nigeria, HM Revenue & Customs.


Source:[url] https://www.mylifeelsewhere.com/compare/nigeria/united-kingdom[/url]

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