Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Togo instead of Solomon Islands, you would:

Health

be 62.7% less likely to be obese

In Solomon Islands, 22.5% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Togo, that number is 8.4% of people as of 2016.

live 5.3 years less

In Solomon Islands, the average life expectancy is 77 years (74 years for men, 79 years for women) as of 2022. In Togo, that number is 71 years (69 years for men, 74 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

be 32.3% more likely to be unemployed

In Solomon Islands, 1.6% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Togo, that number is 2.0% as of 2023.

be 3.6 times more likely to live below the poverty line

In Solomon Islands, 12.7% live below the poverty line as of 2012. In Togo, however, that number is 45.5% as of 2018.

Life

have 36.1% more children

In Solomon Islands, there are approximately 22.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Togo, there are 30.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

be 3.3 times more likely to die during childbirth

In Solomon Islands, approximately 122.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Togo, 399.0 women do as of 2020.

be 2.1 times more likely to die during infancy

In Solomon Islands, approximately 20.0 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 24.7% less likely to have access to electricity

In Solomon Islands, approximately 76% of people have electricity access (79% in urban areas, and 75% 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.

Expenditures

spend 68.8% less on education

Solomon Islands spends 12.8% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Togo spends 4.0% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

spend 36.4% more on healthcare

Solomon Islands spends 4.4% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Togo, that number is 6.0% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 98.9% less coastline

Solomon Islands has a total of 5,313 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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