Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Tunisia instead of Libya, you would:

Health

be 17.2% less likely to be obese

In Libya, 32.5% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Tunisia, that number is 26.9% of people as of 2016.

Economy

be 19.4% less likely to be unemployed

In Libya, 18.7% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Tunisia, that number is 15.1% as of 2023.

make 30.5% less money

Libya has a GDP per capita of $17,700 as of 2023, while in Tunisia, the GDP per capita is $12,300 as of 2023.

pay a 3.5 times higher top tax rate

Libya has a top tax rate of 10.0% as of 2016. In Tunisia, the top tax rate is 35.0% as of 2016.

Life

be 48.6% less likely to die during childbirth

In Libya, approximately 72.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Tunisia, 37.0 women do as of 2020.

have 33.5% fewer children

In Libya, there are approximately 20.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Tunisia, there are 13.5 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Basic Needs

be 42.9% more likely to have access to electricity

In Libya, approximately 70% of people have electricity access (100% in urban areas, and 96% in rural areas) as of 2022. In Tunisia, that number is 100% of people on average (100% in urban areas, and 100% in rural areas) as of 2022.

be 71.0% more likely to have internet access

In Libya, approximately 46.2% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Tunisia, about 79.0% do as of 2021.

Geography

see 35.1% less coastline

Libya has a total of 1,770 km of coastline. In Tunisia, that number is 1,148 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Ministry of Finance, La Direction Générale des Impôts, Ministère des Finances.

Tunisia: At a glance

Tunisia is a sovereign country in Africa, with a total land area of approximately 155,360 sq km. Rivalry between French and Italian interests in Tunisia culminated in a French invasion in 1881 and the creation of a protectorate. Agitation for independence in the decades following World War I was finally successful in getting the French to recognize Tunisia as an independent state in 1956. The country's first president, Habib BOURGUIBA, established a strict one-party state. He dominated the country for 31 years, repressing Islamic fundamentalism and establishing rights for women unmatched by any other Arab nation. In November 1987, BOURGUIBA was removed from office and replaced by Zine el Abidine BEN ALI in a bloodless coup. Street protests that began in Tunis in December 2010 over high unemployment, corruption, widespread poverty, and high food prices escalated in January 2011, culminating in rioting that led to hundreds of deaths. On 14 January 2011, the same day BEN ALI dismissed the government, he fled the country, and by late January 2011, a "national unity government" was formed. Elections for the new Constituent Assembly were held in late October 2011, and in December, it elected human rights activist Moncef MARZOUKI as interim president. The Assembly began drafting a new constitution in February 2012 and, after several iterations and a months-long political crisis that stalled the transition, ratified the document in January 2014. Presidential and parliamentary elections for a permanent government could be held by the end of 2014.
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