Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Togo instead of Western Sahara, you would:

Health

live 6.9 years longer

In Western Sahara, the average life expectancy is 64 years (62 years for men, 67 years for women) as of 2020. In Togo, that number is 71 years (69 years for men, 74 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

make 12.0% more money

Western Sahara has a GDP per capita of $2,500 as of 2007, while in Togo, the GDP per capita is $2,800 as of 2023.

Life

be 14.0% less likely to die during infancy

In Western Sahara, approximately 47.9 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2020. In Togo, on the other hand, 41.2 children do as of 2022.

have 10.4% more children

In Western Sahara, there are approximately 28.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2020. In Togo, there are 30.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Geography

see 95.0% less coastline

Western Sahara has a total of 1,110 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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