Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Senegal instead of Timor-Leste, you would:

Health

be 2.3 times more likely to be obese

In Timor-Leste, 3.8% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Senegal, that number is 8.8% of people as of 2016.

Economy

be 92.8% more likely to be unemployed

In Timor-Leste, 1.5% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Senegal, that number is 2.9% as of 2023.

be 11.7% more likely to live below the poverty line

In Timor-Leste, 41.8% live below the poverty line as of 2014. In Senegal, however, that number is 46.7% as of 2011.

Life

be 27.9% more likely to die during childbirth

In Timor-Leste, approximately 204.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Senegal, 261.0 women do as of 2020.

be 17.3% less likely to be literate

In Timor-Leste, the literacy rate is 68.1% as of 2018. In Senegal, it is 56.3% as of 2021.

Basic Needs

be 48.7% more likely to have internet access

In Timor-Leste, approximately 39.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Senegal, about 58.0% do as of 2021.

be 31.9% less likely to have access to electricity

In Timor-Leste, approximately 100% of people have electricity access (100% in urban areas, and 79% in rural areas) as of 2022. In Senegal, that number is 68% of people on average (94% in urban areas, and 43% in rural areas) as of 2022.

Expenditures

spend 47.5% less on healthcare

Timor-Leste spends 9.9% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Senegal, that number is 5.2% of GDP as of 2020.

spend 31.0% more on education

Timor-Leste spends 4.2% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Senegal spends 5.5% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

Geography

see 24.8% less coastline

Timor-Leste has a total of 706 km of coastline. In Senegal, that number is 531 km.

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

Senegal: At a glance

Senegal is a sovereign country in Africa, with a total land area of approximately 192,530 sq km. The French colonies of Senegal and the French Sudan were merged in 1959 and granted their independence as the Mali Federation in 1960. The union broke up after only a few months. Senegal joined with The Gambia to form the nominal confederation of Senegambia in 1982. The envisaged integration of the two countries was never carried out, and the union was dissolved in 1989. The Movement of Democratic Forces in the Casamance (MFDC) has led a low-level separatist insurgency in southern Senegal since the 1980s, and several peace deals have failed to resolve the conflict. Nevertheless, Senegal remains one of the most stable democracies in Africa and has a long history of participating in international peacekeeping and regional mediation. Senegal was ruled by a Socialist Party for 40 years until Abdoulaye WADE was elected president in 2000. He was reelected in 2007 and during his two terms amended Senegal's constitution over a dozen times to increase executive power and to weaken the opposition. His decision to run for a third presidential term sparked a large public backlash that led to his defeat in a March 2012 runoff election with Macky SALL.
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