Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Timor-Leste instead of Senegal, you would:
Health
be 56.8% less likely to be obese
In Senegal, 8.8% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Timor-Leste, that number is 3.8% of people as of 2016.
Economy
be 48.1% less likely to be unemployed
In Senegal, 2.9% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Timor-Leste, that number is 1.5% as of 2023.
be 10.5% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Senegal, 46.7% live below the poverty line as of 2011. In Timor-Leste, however, that number is 41.8% as of 2014.
Life
be 21.8% less likely to die during childbirth
In Senegal, approximately 261.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Timor-Leste, 204.0 women do as of 2020.
be 21.0% more likely to be literate
In Senegal, the literacy rate is 56.3% as of 2021. In Timor-Leste, it is 68.1% as of 2018.
Basic Needs
be 46.8% more likely to have access to electricity
In Senegal, approximately 68% of people have electricity access (94% in urban areas, and 43% in rural areas) as of 2022. In Timor-Leste, that number is 100% of people on average (100% in urban areas, and 79% in rural areas) as of 2022.
be 32.8% less likely to have internet access
In Senegal, approximately 58.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Timor-Leste, about 39.0% do as of 2021.
Expenditures
spend 23.6% less on education
Senegal spends 5.5% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Timor-Leste spends 4.2% of total GDP on education as of 2020.
spend 90.4% more on healthcare
Senegal spends 5.2% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Timor-Leste, that number is 9.9% of GDP as of 2020.
Geography
see 33.0% more coastline
Senegal has a total of 531 km of coastline. In Timor-Leste, that number is 706 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Timor-Leste: At a glance
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