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

Health

live 3.8 years longer

In Morocco, the average life expectancy is 74 years (72 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 84.7% more likely to be obese

In Morocco, 26.1% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Tonga, that number is 48.2% of people as of 2016.

Economy

be 74.8% less likely to be unemployed

In Morocco, 9.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Tonga, that number is 2.3% as of 2023.

make 25.0% less money

Morocco has a GDP per capita of $8,800 as of 2023, while in Tonga, the GDP per capita is $6,600 as of 2022.

be 4.3 times more likely to live below the poverty line

In Morocco, 4.8% live below the poverty line as of 2013. In Tonga, however, that number is 20.6% as of 2021.

Life

be 31.0% more likely to be literate

In Morocco, the literacy rate is 75.9% as of 2021. In Tonga, it is 99.4% as of 2021.

be 35.4% less likely to die during infancy

In Morocco, approximately 19.2 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 17.3% more children

In Morocco, there are approximately 16.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Tonga, there are 19.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

be 75.0% more likely to die during childbirth

In Morocco, approximately 72.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Tonga, 126.0 women do as of 2020.

Basic Needs

be 23.9% less likely to have internet access

In Morocco, approximately 88.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Tonga, about 67.0% do as of 2021.

Expenditures

spend 11.7% less on healthcare

Morocco spends 6.0% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Tonga, that number is 5.3% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 77.2% less coastline

Morocco has a total of 1,835 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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