QUALITY OF LIFE COMPARISON

Quality of life United Kingdom Afghanistan

Comparison

 UNITED KINGDOM

COMPARED TO

 AFGHANISTAN

QUALITY COST OF SIZE

OF LIFE LIVING COMPARISON

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If you lived in Afghanistan instead of United

Kingdom, you would:

HEALTH

be 80.2% less likely to be obese

In United Kingdom, 27.8% of adults are obese
as of 2016. In Afghanistan, that number is 5.5%
of people as of 2016.

live 28.3 years less

In United Kingdom, the average life expectancy
is 81 years (79 years for men, 84 years for
women) as of 2020. In Afghanistan, that number
is 53 years (51 years for men, 54 years for
women) as of 2020.

ECONOMY

pay a 55.6% lower top tax rate

United Kingdom has a top tax rate of 45.0% as
of 2016. In Afghanistan, the top tax rate is
20.0% as of 2016.

make 95.5% less money

United Kingdom has a GDP per capita of
$44,300 as of 2017, while in Afghanistan, the
GDP per capita is $2,000 as of 2017.

be 5.4 times more likely to be

unemployed
In United Kingdom, 4.4% of adults are
unemployed as of 2017. In Afghanistan, that
number is 23.9% as of 2017.

be 3.6 times more likely to live below

the poverty line
In United Kingdom, 15.0% live below the
poverty line as of 2013. In Afghanistan,
however, that number is 54.5% as of 2017.

LIFE

have 3.1 times more children

In United Kingdom, there are approximately
11.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2020. In
Afghanistan, there are 36.7 babies per 1,000
people as of 2020.

be 91.1 times more likely to die during

childbirth
In United Kingdom, approximately 7.0 women
per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017.
In Afghanistan, 638.0 women do as of 2017.

be 25.4 times more likely to die during

infancy
In United Kingdom, approximately 4.1 children
die before they reach the age of one as of 2020.
In Afghanistan, on the other hand, 104.3
children do as of 2020.

BASIC NEEDS

be 15.9% less likely to have access to

electricity
In United Kingdom, approximately 100% of the
population has electricity access as of 2016. In
Afghanistan, 84% of the population do as of
2012.

be 85.8% less likely to have internet

access
In United Kingdom, approximately 94.9% of the
population has internet access as of 2018. In
Afghanistan, about 13.5% do as of 2018.

be 29.8% less likely to have access to

improved drinking water
In United Kingdom, approximately 100% of
people have improved drinking water access
(100% in urban areas, and 100% in rural areas)
as of 2017. In Afghanistan, that number is 70%
of people on average (96% in urban areas, and
61% in rural areas) as of 2017.

EXPENDITURES

spend 25.5% less on education

United Kingdom spends 5.5% of its total GDP
on education as of 2016. Afghanistan spends
4.1% of total GDP on education as of 2017.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data

sources: The World Factbook, Afghanistan Revenue
Department, HM Revenue & Customs.

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AFGHANISTAN: AT A GLANCE
Afghanistan is a sovereign country in South Asia, with a
total land area of approximately 652,230 sq km. Ahmad
Shah DURRANI unified the Pashtun tribes and founded
Afghanistan in 1747. The country served as a buffer…
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between morethe British and Russian Empires until it won
independence from notional British control in 1919. A
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in a 1973 coup
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and a 1978 communist counter-coup. The Soviet Union
invaded in 1979 to support the tottering Afghan
communist regime, touching off a long and destructive
war. The USSR withdrew in 1989 under relentless
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pressure
mujahedin rebels. A series of subsequent civil wars saw
Kabul finally fall in 1996 to the Taliban, a hardline
Pakistani-sponsored movement that emerged in 1994 to
end the country's civil war and anarchy. Following the 11
September 2001 terrorist attacks, a US, Allied, and anti-
Taliban
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