Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Tunisia instead of Vietnam, you would:
Health
live 1.3 years longer
In Vietnam, the average life expectancy is 76 years (73 years for men, 78 years for women) as of 2022. In Tunisia, that number is 77 years (75 years for men, 79 years for women) as of 2022.
be 12.8 times more likely to be obese
In Vietnam, 2.1% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Tunisia, that number is 26.9% of people as of 2016.
Economy
be 11.5 times more likely to be unemployed
In Vietnam, 1.5% of adults are unemployed as of 2022. In Tunisia, that number is 17.8% as of 2022.
be 3.5 times more likely to live below the poverty line
In Vietnam, 4.8% live below the poverty line as of 2020. In Tunisia, however, that number is 16.6% as of 2021.
Life
be 70.2% less likely to die during childbirth
In Vietnam, approximately 124.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Tunisia, 37.0 women do as of 2020.
be 19.5% less likely to die during infancy
In Vietnam, approximately 14.8 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Tunisia, on the other hand, 11.9 children do as of 2022.
be 13.7% less likely to be literate
In Vietnam, the literacy rate is 95.8% as of 2019. In Tunisia, it is 82.7% as of 2021.
Expenditures
spend 78.0% more on education
Vietnam spends 4.1% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Tunisia spends 7.3% of total GDP on education as of 2016.
spend 34.0% more on healthcare
Vietnam spends 4.7% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Tunisia, that number is 6.3% of GDP as of 2020.
Geography
see 66.7% less coastline
Vietnam has a total of 3,444 km of coastline. In Tunisia, that number is 1,148 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Tunisia: At a glance
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