Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Japan instead of Sierra Leone, you would:
Health
be 93.3% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS
In Sierra Leone, 1.5% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Japan, that number is 0.1% of people as of 2020.
live 26.1 years longer
In Sierra Leone, the average life expectancy is 59 years (57 years for men, 60 years for women) as of 2022. In Japan, that number is 85 years (82 years for men, 88 years for women) as of 2022.
be 50.6% less likely to be obese
In Sierra Leone, 8.7% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Japan, that number is 4.3% of people as of 2016.
Economy
make 25.9 times more money
Sierra Leone has a GDP per capita of $1,600 as of 2020, while in Japan, the GDP per capita is $41,400 as of 2019.
be 84.3% less likely to be unemployed
In Sierra Leone, 15.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Japan, that number is 2.4% as of 2019.
be 71.7% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Sierra Leone, 56.8% live below the poverty line as of 2018. In Japan, however, that number is 16.1% as of 2013.
pay a 86.5% higher top tax rate
Sierra Leone has a top tax rate of 30.0% as of 2014. In Japan, the top tax rate is 56.0% as of 2016.
Life
be 99.6% less likely to die during childbirth
In Sierra Leone, approximately 1120.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Japan, 5.0 women do as of 2017.
be 97.4% less likely to die during infancy
In Sierra Leone, approximately 73.4 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Japan, on the other hand, 1.9 children do as of 2022.
have 78.4% fewer children
In Sierra Leone, there are approximately 32.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Japan, there are 7.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
Basic Needs
be 3.8 times more likely to have access to electricity
In Sierra Leone, approximately 26% of the population has electricity access as of 2019. In Japan, 100% of the population do as of 2020.
be 5.0 times more likely to have internet access
In Sierra Leone, approximately 18.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Japan, about 90.0% do as of 2020.
be 36.1% more likely to have access to improved drinking water
In Sierra Leone, approximately 73% of people have improved drinking water access as of 2020. In Japan, 99% of people do as of 2020.
Expenditures
spend 65.6% less on education
Sierra Leone spends 9.3% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Japan spends 3.2% of total GDP on education as of 2017.
spend 21.6% more on healthcare
Sierra Leone spends 8.8% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Japan, that number is 10.7% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 74.0 times more coastline
Sierra Leone has a total of 402 km of coastline. In Japan, that number is 29,751 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, National Revenue Authority, National Tax Agency Japan.
Japan: At a glance
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