Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Senegal instead of Tokelau, you would:

Economy

make 26.7% less money

Tokelau has a GDP per capita of $6,004 as of 2017, while in Senegal, the GDP per capita is $4,400 as of 2023.

be 46.5% more likely to be unemployed

In Tokelau, 2.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2015. In Senegal, that number is 2.9% as of 2023.

Basic Needs

be 12.4% less likely to have access to improved drinking water

In Tokelau, approximately 100% of people have improved drinking water access as of 2020. In Senegal, 87% of people do as of 2020.

Geography

see 5.3 times more coastline

Tokelau has a total of 101 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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