If you lived in Tonga instead of Brazil, you would:

Health

live 1.6 years longer

In Brazil, the average life expectancy is 76 years (72 years for men, 80 years for women) as of 2022. In Tonga, that number is 78 years (76 years for men, 79 years for women) as of 2022.

be 2.2 times more likely to be obese

In Brazil, 22.1% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Tonga, that number is 48.2% of people as of 2016.

Economy

be 90.8% less likely to be unemployed

In Brazil, 11.9% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Tonga, that number is 1.1% as of 2011.

make 54.6% less money

Brazil has a GDP per capita of $14,100 as of 2020, while in Tonga, the GDP per capita is $6,400 as of 2019.

be 5.4 times more likely to live below the poverty line

In Brazil, 4.2% live below the poverty line as of 2016. In Tonga, however, that number is 22.5% as of 2010.

Life

have 45.5% more children

In Brazil, there are approximately 14.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Tonga, there are 20.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.

Basic Needs

be 49.4% less likely to have internet access

In Brazil, approximately 81.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Tonga, about 41.0% do as of 2019.

Expenditures

spend 47.9% less on healthcare

Brazil spends 9.6% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Tonga, that number is 5.0% of GDP as of 2019.

spend 31.1% more on education

Brazil spends 6.1% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Tonga spends 8.0% of total GDP on education as of 2019.

Geography

see 94.4% less coastline

Brazil has a total of 7,491 km of coastline. In Tonga, that number is 419 km.


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

Tonga: At a glance

Tonga is a sovereign country in Australia-Oceania, with a total land area of approximately 717 sq km. Tonga - unique among Pacific nations - never completely lost its indigenous governance. The archipelagos of "The Friendly Islands" were united into a Polynesian kingdom in 1845. Tonga became a constitutional monarchy in 1875 and a British protectorate in 1900; it withdrew from the protectorate and joined the Commonwealth of Nations in 1970. Tonga remains the only monarchy in the Pacific.
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