If you lived in Tonga instead of Hungary, you would:

Health

be 82.6% more likely to be obese

In Hungary, 26.4% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Tonga, that number is 48.2% of people as of 2016.

Economy

be 44.3% less likely to be unemployed

In Hungary, 4.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Tonga, that number is 2.3% as of 2023.

make 83.7% less money

Hungary has a GDP per capita of $40,600 as of 2023, while in Tonga, the GDP per capita is $6,600 as of 2022.

be 70.2% more likely to live below the poverty line

In Hungary, 12.1% live below the poverty line as of 2021. In Tonga, however, that number is 20.6% as of 2021.

Life

have 2.2 times more children

In Hungary, there are approximately 9.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Tonga, there are 19.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

be 8.4 times more likely to die during childbirth

In Hungary, approximately 15.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Tonga, 126.0 women do as of 2020.

be 2.7 times more likely to die during infancy

In Hungary, approximately 4.6 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.

Basic Needs

be 25.0% less likely to have internet access

In Hungary, approximately 89.3% of the population has internet access as of 2022. In Tonga, about 67.0% do as of 2021.

Expenditures

spend 27.4% less on healthcare

Hungary spends 7.3% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Tonga, that number is 5.3% of GDP as of 2020.

spend 37.5% more on education

Hungary spends 4.8% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Tonga spends 6.6% of total GDP on education as of 2021.


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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