Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Tuvalu instead of Cabo Verde, you would:
Health
see 2.7 times more spent on your healthcare
Cabo Verde spends $617 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Tuvalu spends $1,671 as of 2023.
have 84.4% more doctors per person
Cabo Verde has 7.3 doctors per 10,000 people as of 2023. Tuvalu has 13.5 as of 2020.
live 9.0 years less
In Cabo Verde, the average life expectancy is 76 years (73 years for men, 79 years for women) as of 2024. In Tuvalu, that number is 67 years (64 years for men, 71 years for women) as of 2024.
be 3.9 times more likely to be obese
In Cabo Verde, 16.7% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Tuvalu, that number is 65.1% of people as of 2024.
have 26.8% less access to essential health services
Cabo Verde scores 71 out of 100 on the universal health coverage index as of 2021. Tuvalu scores 52 as of 2021.
Life
be 13.0% more likely to be literate
In Cabo Verde, the literacy rate is 88.5% as of 2024. In Tuvalu, it is 100.0% as of 2022.
have 79.8% more children
In Cabo Verde, there are approximately 12.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Tuvalu, there are 22.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.
be 4.2 times more likely to die during childbirth
In Cabo Verde, approximately 40.0 women die from pregnancy or childbirth per 100,000 live births as of 2023. In Tuvalu, 170.0 women do as of 2023.
be 55.7% more likely to die during infancy
In Cabo Verde, approximately 10.6 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2024. In Tuvalu, on the other hand, 16.5 children do as of 2024.
Expenditures
spend 3.0 times more on education
Cabo Verde spends 4.3% of its total GDP on education as of 2023. Tuvalu spends 12.8% of total GDP on education as of 2023.
spend 4.6 times more on healthcare
Cabo Verde spends 5.8% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2023. In Tuvalu, that number is 27.1% of GDP as of 2023.
Geography
see 97.5% less coastline
Cabo Verde has a total of 965 km of coastline. In Tuvalu, that number is 24 km.
Infrastructure
find 45.6% less home broadband
Cabo Verde has 8.3 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Tuvalu has 4.5 as of 2022.
Sources: World Bank (2020–2024), World Health Organization (2024), United Nations SDG Indicators (2021), The World Factbook. How we calculate this
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