Quality of life comparison

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

Economy

make 87.9% less money

Aruba has a GDP per capita of $38,591 as of 2024, while in Tunisia, the GDP per capita is $4,657 as of 2025.

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Life

be 19.8% less likely to die during infancy

In Aruba, approximately 12.1 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Tunisia, on the other hand, 9.7 children do as of 2024.

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have 76.2% more children

In Aruba, there are approximately 7.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Tunisia, there are 13.4 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 21.1% less likely to have internet access

In Aruba, approximately 97.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Tunisia, about 76.5% do as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 85.9% more on education

Aruba spends 3.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2021. Tunisia spends 6.7% of total GDP on education as of 2023.

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Geography

see 16.8 times more coastline

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

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Infrastructure

find 14.4% less home broadband

Aruba has 17.5 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Tunisia has 15.0 as of 2024.

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Environment

emit 49.1% less CO2

Aruba emits 5.2 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. Tunisia emits 2.6 tonnes as of 2024.

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Sources: World Bank (2021–2025), The World Factbook (2021–2022). How we calculate this

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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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