If you lived in Turkey instead of Angola, you would:

Health

live 12.6 years longer

In Angola, the average life expectancy is 65 years (62 years for men, 67 years for women) as of 2024. In Turkey, that number is 77 years (75 years for men, 80 years for women) as of 2024.

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see 7.1 times more spent on your healthcare

Angola spends $248 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Turkey spends $1,769 as of 2023.

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have 9.2 times more doctors per person

Angola has 2.4 doctors per 10,000 people as of 2022. Turkey has 22.4 as of 2022.

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have 2.1 times more access to essential health services

Angola scores 37 out of 100 on the universal health coverage index as of 2021. Turkey scores 76 as of 2021.

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be 66.8% less likely to die by suicide

Angola has a suicide rate of 8.1 per 100,000 people as of 2021. In Turkey, it is 2.7 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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be 2.3 times more likely to be obese

In Angola, 12.7% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Turkey, that number is 28.8% of people as of 2024.

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Economy

be 39.6% less likely to be unemployed

In Angola, 14.1% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Turkey, that number is 8.5% as of 2025.

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make 5.9 times more money

Angola has a GDP per capita of $3,129 as of 2025, while in Turkey, the GDP per capita is $18,599 as of 2025.

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Life

be 91.8% less likely to die during childbirth

In Angola, approximately 183.0 women die from pregnancy or childbirth per 100,000 live births as of 2023. In Turkey, 15.0 women do as of 2023.

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be 42.7% more likely to be literate

In Angola, the literacy rate is 68.2% as of 2023. In Turkey, it is 97.3% as of 2021.

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be 75.1% less likely to die during infancy

In Angola, approximately 32.1 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2024. In Turkey, on the other hand, 8.0 children do as of 2024.

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have 70.4% fewer children

In Angola, there are approximately 37.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Turkey, there are 11.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 95.7% more likely to have access to electricity

In Angola, approximately 51% of people have electricity access (78% in urban areas, and 6% in rural areas) as of 2023. In Turkey, that number is 100% of people on average (100% in urban areas, and 100% in rural areas) as of 2023.

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be 2.2 times more likely to have internet access

In Angola, approximately 40.7% of the population has internet access as of 2024. In Turkey, about 89.8% do as of 2025.

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be 41.2% more likely to have access to drinking water

In Angola, approximately 68% of people have access to drinking water (82% in urban areas, and 37% in rural areas) as of 2024. In Turkey, that number is 96% of people on average (96% in urban areas, and 94% in rural areas) as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 23.5% more on education

Angola spends 2.5% of its total GDP on education as of 2023. Turkey spends 3.1% of total GDP on education as of 2022.

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spend 67.8% more on healthcare

Angola spends 2.5% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2023. In Turkey, that number is 4.3% of GDP as of 2023.

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Geography

see 4.5 times more coastline

Angola has a total of 1,600 km of coastline. In Turkey, that number is 7,200 km.

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Safety

be 56.7% less likely to die in a road accident

In Angola, road accidents kill 15.0 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In Turkey, they kill 6.5 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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Infrastructure

find 65.1 times more home broadband

Angola has 0.4 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Turkey has 23.4 as of 2024.

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use 9.8 times more electricity

Angola uses 379 kWh of electricity per person each year as of 2023. Turkey uses 3,731 kWh as of 2024.

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live with 25.6 times more strain on fresh water

Angola withdraws 2% of its available fresh water each year as of 2022. Turkey withdraws 48% as of 2022.

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Environment

be 35.0% less likely to die from air pollution

In Angola, air pollution causes 60.0 deaths per 100,000 people as of 2019. In Turkey, it causes 39.0 as of 2019.

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emit 7.3 times more CO2

Angola emits 0.7 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. Turkey emits 5.4 tonnes as of 2024.

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Sources: World Bank (2021–2025), United Nations SDG Indicators (2019–2021), World Health Organization (2024), The World Factbook. How we calculate this

Turkey: At a glance

Turkey is a sovereign country in Middle East, with a total land area of approximately 769,632 sq km. Modern Turkey was founded in 1923 from the Anatolian remnants of the defeated Ottoman Empire by national hero Mustafa KEMAL, who was later honored with the title Ataturk or "Father of the Turks." Under his leadership, the country adopted wide-ranging social, legal, and political reforms. After a period of one-party rule, an experiment with multi-party politics led to the 1950 election victory of the opposition Democratic Party and the peaceful transfer of power. Since then, Turkish political parties have multiplied, but democracy has been fractured by periods of instability and intermittent military coups (1960, 1971, 1980), which in each case eventually resulted in a return of political power to civilians. In 1997, the military again helped engineer the ouster - popularly dubbed a "post-modern coup" - of the then Islamic-oriented government. Turkey intervened militarily on Cyprus in 1974 to prevent a Greek takeover of the island and has since acted as patron state to the "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus," which only Turkey recognizes. A separatist insurgency begun in 1984 by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) - now known as the Kurdistan People's Congress or Kongra-Gel (KGK) - has dominated the Turkish military's attention and claimed more than 30,000 lives. After the capture of the group's leader in 1999, the insurgents largely withdrew from Turkey mainly to northern Iraq. In 2013, KGK and the Turkish Government agreed to a ceasefire that continues despite slow progress in ongoing peace talks. Turkey joined the UN in 1945 and in 1952 it became a member of NATO. In 1964, Turkey became an associate member of the European Community. Over the past decade, it has undertaken many reforms to strengthen its democracy and economy; it began accession membership talks with the European Union in 2005.
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