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

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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