Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Tunisia instead of Aruba, you would:

Health

live 1.2 years less

In Aruba, the average life expectancy is 78 years (75 years for men, 81 years for women) as of 2022. In Tunisia, that number is 77 years (75 years for men, 79 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

pay a 40.7% lower top tax rate

Aruba has a top tax rate of 59.0% as of 2016. In Tunisia, the top tax rate is 35.0% as of 2016.

make 74.8% less money

Aruba has a GDP per capita of $38,442 as of 2017, while in Tunisia, the GDP per capita is $9,700 as of 2020.

be 2.0 times more likely to be unemployed

In Aruba, 7.7% of adults are unemployed as of 2016. In Tunisia, that number is 15.5% as of 2017.

Life

have 23.7% more children

In Aruba, there are approximately 11.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Tunisia, there are 14.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.

be 16.4% less likely to be literate

In Aruba, the literacy rate is 97.8% as of 2018. In Tunisia, it is 81.8% as of 2015.

Basic Needs

be 25.8% less likely to have internet access

In Aruba, approximately 97.0% of the population has internet access as of 2019. In Tunisia, about 72.0% do as of 2020.

Expenditures

spend 32.7% more on education

Aruba spends 5.5% of its total GDP on education as of 2016. Tunisia spends 7.3% of total GDP on education as of 2016.

Geography

see 16.8 times more coastline

Aruba has a total of 68 km of coastline. In Tunisia, that number is 1,148 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, La Direction Générale des Impôts, Ministère des Finances, Ministerio di Finansas, Comunicacion, Utilidad y Energia.

Tunisia: At a glance

Tunisia is a sovereign country in Africa, with a total land area of approximately 155,360 sq km. Rivalry between French and Italian interests in Tunisia culminated in a French invasion in 1881 and the creation of a protectorate. Agitation for independence in the decades following World War I was finally successful in getting the French to recognize Tunisia as an independent state in 1956. The country's first president, Habib BOURGUIBA, established a strict one-party state. He dominated the country for 31 years, repressing Islamic fundamentalism and establishing rights for women unmatched by any other Arab nation. In November 1987, BOURGUIBA was removed from office and replaced by Zine el Abidine BEN ALI in a bloodless coup. Street protests that began in Tunis in December 2010 over high unemployment, corruption, widespread poverty, and high food prices escalated in January 2011, culminating in rioting that led to hundreds of deaths. On 14 January 2011, the same day BEN ALI dismissed the government, he fled the country, and by late January 2011, a "national unity government" was formed. Elections for the new Constituent Assembly were held in late October 2011, and in December, it elected human rights activist Moncef MARZOUKI as interim president. The Assembly began drafting a new constitution in February 2012 and, after several iterations and a months-long political crisis that stalled the transition, ratified the document in January 2014. Presidential and parliamentary elections for a permanent government could be held by the end of 2014.
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