Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Sao Tome and Principe instead of Yemen, you would:

Health

be 27.5% less likely to be obese

In Yemen, 17.1% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Sao Tome and Principe, that number is 12.4% of people as of 2016.

Economy

make 2.2 times more money

Yemen has a GDP per capita of $2,500 as of 2017, while in Sao Tome and Principe, the GDP per capita is $5,500 as of 2023.

be 17.5% less likely to be unemployed

In Yemen, 17.2% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Sao Tome and Principe, that number is 14.2% as of 2023.

be 14.2% more likely to live below the poverty line

In Yemen, 48.6% live below the poverty line as of 2014. In Sao Tome and Principe, however, that number is 55.5% as of 2017.

Life

be 20.2% less likely to die during childbirth

In Yemen, approximately 183.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Sao Tome and Principe, 146.0 women do as of 2020.

be 35.2% more likely to be literate

In Yemen, the literacy rate is 70.1% as of 2015. In Sao Tome and Principe, it is 94.8% as of 2021.

have 14.1% more children

In Yemen, there are approximately 23.4 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Sao Tome and Principe, there are 26.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Basic Needs

be 91.7% more likely to have internet access

In Yemen, approximately 26.6% of the population has internet access as of 2022. In Sao Tome and Principe, about 51.0% do as of 2021.

Expenditures

spend 14.0% more on healthcare

Yemen spends 4.3% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2015. In Sao Tome and Principe, that number is 4.9% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 89.0% less coastline

Yemen has a total of 1,906 km of coastline. In Sao Tome and Principe, that number is 209 km.

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

Sao Tome and Principe: At a glance

Sao Tome and Principe is a sovereign country in Africa, with a total land area of approximately 964 sq km. Discovered and claimed by Portugal in the late 15th century, the islands' sugar-based economy gave way to coffee and cocoa in the 19th century - all grown with African plantation slave labor, a form of which lingered into the 20th century. While independence was achieved in 1975, democratic reforms were not instituted until the late 1980s. The country held its first free elections in 1991, but frequent internal wrangling between the various political parties precipitated repeated changes in leadership and two failed coup attempts in 1995 and 2003. In 2012, three opposition parties combined in a no confidence vote to bring down the majority government of former Prime Minister Patrice TROVOADA. The new government of Prime Minister Gabriel Arcanjo Ferreira DA COSTA is entirely composed of opposition party members with limited experience in governance. New oil discoveries in the Gulf of Guinea may attract increased attention to the small island nation.
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