Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Chad instead of Costa Rica, you would:

Health

be 76.3% less likely to be obese

In Costa Rica, 25.7% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Chad, that number is 6.1% of people as of 2016.

be 2.8 times more likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Costa Rica, 0.4% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Chad, that number is 1.1% of people as of 2020.

live 20.5 years less

In Costa Rica, the average life expectancy is 80 years (77 years for men, 82 years for women) as of 2022. In Chad, that number is 59 years (57 years for men, 61 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

be 87.0% less likely to be unemployed

In Costa Rica, 8.3% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Chad, that number is 1.1% as of 2023.

make 93.0% less money

Costa Rica has a GDP per capita of $25,800 as of 2023, while in Chad, the GDP per capita is $1,800 as of 2023.

be 65.9% more likely to live below the poverty line

In Costa Rica, 25.5% live below the poverty line as of 2022. In Chad, however, that number is 42.3% as of 2018.

pay a 4.0 times higher top tax rate

Costa Rica has a top tax rate of 15.0% as of 2016. In Chad, the top tax rate is 60.0% as of 2016.

Life

have 3.6 times more children

In Costa Rica, there are approximately 10.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Chad, there are 39.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

be 2.9 times more likely to die during childbirth

In Costa Rica, approximately 22.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Chad, 63.0 women do as of 2020.

be 72.7% less likely to be literate

In Costa Rica, the literacy rate is 98.0% as of 2021. In Chad, it is 26.8% as of 2021.

be 7.8 times more likely to die during infancy

In Costa Rica, approximately 8.4 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Chad, on the other hand, 65.5 children do as of 2022.

Basic Needs

be 88.3% less likely to have access to electricity

In Costa Rica, approximately 100% of the population has electricity access as of 2022. In Chad, 12% of the population do as of 2022.

be 78.3% less likely to have internet access

In Costa Rica, approximately 83.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Chad, about 18.0% do as of 2021.

be 39.1% less likely to have access to improved drinking water

In Costa Rica, approximately 100% of people have improved drinking water access (100% in urban areas, and 100% in rural areas) as of 2020. In Chad, that number is 61% of people on average (90% in urban areas, and 52% in rural areas) as of 2020.

Expenditures

spend 56.7% less on education

Costa Rica spends 6.7% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Chad spends 2.9% of total GDP on education as of 2021.

spend 31.6% less on healthcare

Costa Rica spends 7.9% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Chad, that number is 5.4% of GDP as of 2020.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: General Inspectorate of Finance, The World Factbook, Directorate General of Taxation of Costa Rica.

Chad: At a glance

Chad is a sovereign country in Africa, with a total land area of approximately 1,259,200 sq km. Chad, part of France's African holdings until 1960, endured three decades of civil warfare, as well as invasions by Libya, before a semblance of peace was finally restored in 1990. The government eventually drafted a democratic constitution and held flawed presidential elections in 1996 and 2001. In 1998, a rebellion broke out in northern Chad, which has sporadically flared up despite several peace agreements between the government and the insurgents. In 2005, new rebel groups emerged in western Sudan and made probing attacks into eastern Chad despite signing peace agreements in December 2006 and October 2007. In June 2005, President Idriss DEBY held a referendum successfully removing constitutional term limits and won another controversial election in 2006. Sporadic rebel campaigns continued throughout 2006 and 2007. The capital experienced a significant insurrection in early 2008, but has had no significant rebel threats since then, in part due to Chad's 2010 rapprochement with Sudan, which previously used Chadian rebels as proxies. DEBY in 2011 was reelected to his fourth term in an election that international observers described as proceeding without incident. Power remains in the hands of an ethnic minority. In January 2014, Chad began a two year rotation on the UN Security Council.
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