Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Timor-Leste instead of Ghana, you would:
Health
be 88.2% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS
In Ghana, 1.7% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Timor-Leste, that number is 0.2% of people as of 2020.
be 65.1% less likely to be obese
In Ghana, 10.9% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Timor-Leste, that number is 3.8% of people as of 2016.
Economy
be 50.6% less likely to be unemployed
In Ghana, 3.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Timor-Leste, that number is 1.5% as of 2023.
make 31.3% less money
Ghana has a GDP per capita of $6,700 as of 2023, while in Timor-Leste, the GDP per capita is $4,600 as of 2023.
be 78.6% more likely to live below the poverty line
In Ghana, 23.4% live below the poverty line as of 2016. In Timor-Leste, however, that number is 41.8% as of 2014.
Life
be 22.4% less likely to die during childbirth
In Ghana, approximately 263.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Timor-Leste, 204.0 women do as of 2020.
be 13.8% less likely to be literate
In Ghana, the literacy rate is 79.0% as of 2018. In Timor-Leste, it is 68.1% as of 2018.
Basic Needs
be 17.2% more likely to have access to electricity
In Ghana, approximately 85% of people have electricity access (95% in urban areas, and 74% in rural areas) as of 2022. In Timor-Leste, that number is 100% of people on average (100% in urban areas, and 79% in rural areas) as of 2022.
be 42.6% less likely to have internet access
In Ghana, approximately 68.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Timor-Leste, about 39.0% do as of 2021.
Expenditures
spend 2.5 times more on healthcare
Ghana spends 4.0% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Timor-Leste, that number is 9.9% of GDP as of 2020.
Geography
see 31.0% more coastline
Ghana has a total of 539 km of coastline. In Timor-Leste, that number is 706 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Timor-Leste: At a glance
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