Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 2.8 years less

In Costa Rica, the average life expectancy is 80 years (77 years for men, 82 years for women) as of 2022. In Tunisia, that number is 77 years (75 years for men, 79 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

be 34.9% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Costa Rica, 25.5% live below the poverty line as of 2022. In Tunisia, however, that number is 16.6% as of 2021.

make 52.3% less money

Costa Rica has a GDP per capita of $25,800 as of 2023, while in Tunisia, the GDP per capita is $12,300 as of 2023.

be 82.0% more likely to be unemployed

In Costa Rica, 8.3% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Tunisia, that number is 15.1% as of 2023.

pay a 2.3 times higher top tax rate

Costa Rica has a top tax rate of 15.0% as of 2016. In Tunisia, the top tax rate is 35.0% as of 2016.

Life

have 25.0% more children

In Costa Rica, there are approximately 10.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Tunisia, there are 13.5 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

be 68.2% more likely to die during childbirth

In Costa Rica, approximately 22.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Tunisia, 37.0 women do as of 2020.

be 15.6% less likely to be literate

In Costa Rica, the literacy rate is 98.0% as of 2021. In Tunisia, it is 82.7% as of 2021.

be 41.5% 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 Tunisia, on the other hand, 11.9 children do as of 2022.

Expenditures

spend 20.3% less on healthcare

Costa Rica spends 7.9% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Tunisia, that number is 6.3% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 11.0% less coastline

Costa Rica has a total of 1,290 km of coastline. In Tunisia, that number is 1,148 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, La Direction Générale des Impôts, Ministère des Finances, Directorate General of Taxation of Costa Rica.

Tunisia: At a glance

Tunisia is a sovereign country in Africa, with a total land area of approximately 155,360 sq km. Rivalry between French and Italian interests in Tunisia culminated in a French invasion in 1881 and the creation of a protectorate. Agitation for independence in the decades following World War I was finally successful in getting the French to recognize Tunisia as an independent state in 1956. The country's first president, Habib BOURGUIBA, established a strict one-party state. He dominated the country for 31 years, repressing Islamic fundamentalism and establishing rights for women unmatched by any other Arab nation. In November 1987, BOURGUIBA was removed from office and replaced by Zine el Abidine BEN ALI in a bloodless coup. Street protests that began in Tunis in December 2010 over high unemployment, corruption, widespread poverty, and high food prices escalated in January 2011, culminating in rioting that led to hundreds of deaths. On 14 January 2011, the same day BEN ALI dismissed the government, he fled the country, and by late January 2011, a "national unity government" was formed. Elections for the new Constituent Assembly were held in late October 2011, and in December, it elected human rights activist Moncef MARZOUKI as interim president. The Assembly began drafting a new constitution in February 2012 and, after several iterations and a months-long political crisis that stalled the transition, ratified the document in January 2014. Presidential and parliamentary elections for a permanent government could be held by the end of 2014.
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