Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Togo instead of Sierra Leone, you would:

Health

live 12.6 years longer

In Sierra Leone, the average life expectancy is 59 years (57 years for men, 60 years for women) as of 2022. In Togo, that number is 71 years (69 years for men, 74 years for women) as of 2022.

be 33.3% more likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Sierra Leone, 1.5% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Togo, that number is 2.0% of people as of 2020.

Economy

make 64.7% more money

Sierra Leone has a GDP per capita of $1,700 as of 2023, while in Togo, the GDP per capita is $2,800 as of 2023.

be 35.3% less likely to be unemployed

In Sierra Leone, 3.2% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Togo, that number is 2.0% as of 2023.

be 19.9% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Sierra Leone, 56.8% live below the poverty line as of 2018. In Togo, however, that number is 45.5% as of 2018.

Life

be 36.8% more likely to be literate

In Sierra Leone, the literacy rate is 48.6% as of 2022. In Togo, it is 66.5% as of 2019.

be 43.9% less likely to die during infancy

In Sierra Leone, approximately 73.4 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Togo, on the other hand, 41.2 children do as of 2022.

Basic Needs

be 94.6% more likely to have access to electricity

In Sierra Leone, approximately 29% of people have electricity access (57% in urban areas, and 5% in rural areas) as of 2022. In Togo, that number is 57% of people on average (96% in urban areas, and 25% in rural areas) as of 2022.

be 2.8 times more likely to have internet access

In Sierra Leone, approximately 12.7% of the population has internet access as of 2022. In Togo, about 35.0% do as of 2021.

Expenditures

spend 56.0% less on education

Sierra Leone spends 9.1% of its total GDP on education as of 2021. Togo spends 4.0% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

spend 31.8% less on healthcare

Sierra Leone spends 8.8% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Togo, that number is 6.0% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 86.1% less coastline

Sierra Leone has a total of 402 km of coastline. In Togo, that number is 56 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.

Togo: At a glance

Togo is a sovereign country in Africa, with a total land area of approximately 54,385 sq km. French Togoland became Togo in 1960. Gen. Gnassingbe EYADEMA, installed as military ruler in 1967, ruled Togo with a heavy hand for almost four decades. Despite the facade of multi-party elections instituted in the early 1990s, the government was largely dominated by President EYADEMA, whose Rally of the Togolese People (RPT) party has maintained power almost continually since 1967 and maintains a majority of seats in today's legislature. Upon EYADEMA's death in February 2005, the military installed the president's son, Faure GNASSINGBE, and then engineered his formal election two months later. Democratic gains since then allowed Togo to hold its first relatively free and fair legislative elections in October 2007. After years of political unrest and condemnation from international organizations for human rights abuses, Togo is finally being re-welcomed into the international community.
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