Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Tonga instead of Egypt, you would:
Health
live 3.1 years longer
In Egypt, the average life expectancy is 74 years (73 years for men, 76 years for women) as of 2022. In Tonga, that number is 78 years (76 years for men, 79 years for women) as of 2022.
be 50.6% more likely to be obese
In Egypt, 32.0% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Tonga, that number is 48.2% of people as of 2016.
Economy
be 68.5% less likely to be unemployed
In Egypt, 7.3% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Tonga, that number is 2.3% as of 2023.
be 30.6% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Egypt, 29.7% live below the poverty line as of 2019. In Tonga, however, that number is 20.6% as of 2021.
make 61.2% less money
Egypt has a GDP per capita of $17,000 as of 2023, while in Tonga, the GDP per capita is $6,600 as of 2022.
Life
be 36.0% more likely to be literate
In Egypt, the literacy rate is 73.1% as of 2021. In Tonga, it is 99.4% as of 2021.
be 29.9% less likely to die during infancy
In Egypt, approximately 17.7 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.
be 7.4 times more likely to die during childbirth
In Egypt, approximately 17.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Tonga, 126.0 women do as of 2020.
Expenditures
spend 2.6 times more on education
Egypt spends 2.5% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Tonga spends 6.6% of total GDP on education as of 2021.
spend 20.5% more on healthcare
Egypt spends 4.4% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Tonga, that number is 5.3% of GDP as of 2020.
Geography
see 82.9% less coastline
Egypt has a total of 2,450 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
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