Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Togo instead of Haiti, you would:

Health

live 5.4 years longer

In Haiti, the average life expectancy is 66 years (63 years for men, 69 years for women) as of 2022. In Togo, that number is 71 years (69 years for men, 74 years for women) as of 2022.

be 63.0% less likely to be obese

In Haiti, 22.7% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Togo, that number is 8.4% of people as of 2016.

Economy

be 86.0% less likely to be unemployed

In Haiti, 14.6% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Togo, that number is 2.0% as of 2023.

be 22.2% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Haiti, 58.5% live below the poverty line as of 2012. In Togo, however, that number is 45.5% as of 2018.

Life

have 45.8% more children

In Haiti, there are approximately 21.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Togo, there are 30.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Basic Needs

be 16.0% more likely to have access to electricity

In Haiti, approximately 49% of people have electricity access (82% in urban areas, and 3% in rural areas) as of 2022. In Togo, that number is 57% of people on average (96% in urban areas, and 25% in rural areas) as of 2022.

be 10.3% less likely to have internet access

In Haiti, approximately 39.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Togo, about 35.0% do as of 2021.

Expenditures

spend 2.9 times more on education

Haiti spends 1.4% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Togo spends 4.0% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

spend 81.8% more on healthcare

Haiti spends 3.3% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Togo, that number is 6.0% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 96.8% less coastline

Haiti has a total of 1,771 km of coastline. In Togo, that number is 56 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.

Togo: At a glance

Togo is a sovereign country in Africa, with a total land area of approximately 54,385 sq km. French Togoland became Togo in 1960. Gen. Gnassingbe EYADEMA, installed as military ruler in 1967, ruled Togo with a heavy hand for almost four decades. Despite the facade of multi-party elections instituted in the early 1990s, the government was largely dominated by President EYADEMA, whose Rally of the Togolese People (RPT) party has maintained power almost continually since 1967 and maintains a majority of seats in today's legislature. Upon EYADEMA's death in February 2005, the military installed the president's son, Faure GNASSINGBE, and then engineered his formal election two months later. Democratic gains since then allowed Togo to hold its first relatively free and fair legislative elections in October 2007. After years of political unrest and condemnation from international organizations for human rights abuses, Togo is finally being re-welcomed into the international community.
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