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

Health

live 4.5 years longer

In Indonesia, the average life expectancy is 73 years (71 years for men, 75 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 7.0 times more likely to be obese

In Indonesia, 6.9% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Tonga, that number is 48.2% of people as of 2016.

Economy

be 32.7% less likely to be unemployed

In Indonesia, 3.4% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Tonga, that number is 2.3% as of 2023.

make 53.2% less money

Indonesia has a GDP per capita of $14,100 as of 2023, while in Tonga, the GDP per capita is $6,600 as of 2022.

be 2.2 times more likely to live below the poverty line

In Indonesia, 9.4% live below the poverty line as of 2023. In Tonga, however, that number is 20.6% as of 2021.

Life

be 27.2% less likely to die during childbirth

In Indonesia, approximately 173.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Tonga, 126.0 women do as of 2020.

be 37.1% less likely to die during infancy

In Indonesia, approximately 19.7 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.

have 33.1% more children

In Indonesia, there are approximately 14.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Tonga, there are 19.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Expenditures

spend 88.6% more on education

Indonesia spends 3.5% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Tonga spends 6.6% of total GDP on education as of 2021.

spend 55.9% more on healthcare

Indonesia spends 3.4% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Tonga, that number is 5.3% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 99.2% less coastline

Indonesia has a total of 54,716 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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