If you lived in Tonga instead of Argentina, you would:

Health

be 70.3% more likely to be obese

In Argentina, 28.3% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Tonga, that number is 48.2% of people as of 2016.

Economy

be 62.8% less likely to be unemployed

In Argentina, 6.2% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Tonga, that number is 2.3% as of 2023.

be 47.4% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Argentina, 39.2% live below the poverty line as of 2022. In Tonga, however, that number is 20.6% as of 2021.

make 75.1% less money

Argentina has a GDP per capita of $26,500 as of 2023, while in Tonga, the GDP per capita is $6,600 as of 2022.

Life

have 29.6% more children

In Argentina, there are approximately 15.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Tonga, there are 19.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

be 2.8 times more likely to die during childbirth

In Argentina, approximately 45.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Tonga, 126.0 women do as of 2020.

be 32.7% more likely to die during infancy

In Argentina, approximately 9.3 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Tonga, on the other hand, 12.4 children do as of 2022.

Basic Needs

be 23.0% less likely to have internet access

In Argentina, approximately 87.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Tonga, about 67.0% do as of 2021.

Expenditures

spend 47.0% less on healthcare

Argentina spends 10.0% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Tonga, that number is 5.3% of GDP as of 2020.

spend 32.0% more on education

Argentina spends 5.0% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Tonga spends 6.6% of total GDP on education as of 2021.

Geography

see 91.6% less coastline

Argentina has a total of 4,989 km of coastline. In Tonga, that number is 419 km.


The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.

Tonga: At a glance

Tonga is a sovereign country in Australia-Oceania, with a total land area of approximately 717 sq km. Tonga - unique among Pacific nations - never completely lost its indigenous governance. The archipelagos of "The Friendly Islands" were united into a Polynesian kingdom in 1845. Tonga became a constitutional monarchy in 1875 and a British protectorate in 1900; it withdrew from the protectorate and joined the Commonwealth of Nations in 1970. Tonga remains the only monarchy in the Pacific.
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