Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 5.1 years less

In Jersey, the average life expectancy is 83 years (80 years for men, 85 years for women) as of 2022. In Tonga, that number is 78 years (76 years for men, 79 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

be 72.5% less likely to be unemployed

In Jersey, 4.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2015. In Tonga, that number is 1.1% as of 2011.

make 88.7% less money

Jersey has a GDP per capita of $56,600 as of 2016, while in Tonga, the GDP per capita is $6,400 as of 2019.

Life

have 63.7% more children

In Jersey, there are approximately 12.4 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Tonga, there are 20.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.

be 3.2 times more likely to die during infancy

In Jersey, approximately 3.9 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Tonga, on the other hand, 12.4 children do as of 2022.

Geography

see 6.0 times more coastline

Jersey has a total of 70 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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