Cuba: from a US miserable brothel to one of the most developed countries of the Americas [View all]

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Life expectancy at birth (women and men, years)

Canada: 82.9/78.3
United States: 81.4/76.9
Cuba: 80.8/76.7
Chile: 81.6/75.5
Argentina: 79.1/71.6
Mexico: 78.7/73.8
Venezuela: 76.8/70.9
Colombia: 76.7/69.2
Peru: 75.9/70.5
Brazil: 76.0/68.7
Bolivia: 67.7/63.4
Haiti: 63.0/59.5

Infant mortality rate (per 1 000 live births)

Canada: 4.8
Cuba: 5.1
United States: 5.9
Chile: 7.2
Argentina: 13.4
Mexico: 16.7
Venezuela: 17.0
Colombia: 19.1
Peru: 21.2
Brazil: 23.5
Bolivia: 45.6
Haiti: 62.4

Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Cuba: 13.3
Bolivia: 6.3
United States: 5.7
Brazil: 5.0
Canada: 4.9
Mexico: 4.8
Colombia: 3.9
Argentina: 3.8
Venezuela: 3.7
Chile: 3.4
Peru: 2.5


Deaths by assault (women and men, per 100 000)

Canada: 0.9/2.3
Argentina: 1.6/9.1
Cuba: 3.0/9.1
Chile: 1.3/10.4
United States: 2.5/9.7
Mexico: 2.4/16.7
Venezuela: 3.2/53.8
Bolivia: N.A.
Colombia: N.A.
Peru: N.A.
Haiti: N.A.
Brazil: N.A.

Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)

Cuba: 43.2
Argentina: 39.8
Mexico: 28.2
Peru: 27.5
Canada: 22.1
Venezuela: 18.6
Bolivia: 16.9
United States: 16.8
Chile: 15.0
Brazil: 9.0
Colombia: 8.4
Haiti: 4.1


Source: http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/first.shtml