Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Afghanistan instead of Chad, you would:

Health

be 90.9% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Chad, 1.1% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Afghanistan, that number is 0.1% of people as of 2020.

live 5.5 years less

In Chad, the average life expectancy is 59 years (57 years for men, 61 years for women) as of 2022. In Afghanistan, that number is 54 years (52 years for men, 55 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

make 33.3% more money

Chad has a GDP per capita of $1,500 as of 2020, while in Afghanistan, the GDP per capita is $2,000 as of 2020.

pay a 66.7% lower top tax rate

Chad has a top tax rate of 60.0% as of 2016. In Afghanistan, the top tax rate is 20.0% as of 2016.

be 28.8% more likely to live below the poverty line

In Chad, 42.3% live below the poverty line as of 2018. In Afghanistan, however, that number is 54.5% as of 2017.

Life

be 67.3% more likely to be literate

In Chad, the literacy rate is 22.3% as of 2016. In Afghanistan, it is 37.3% as of 2021.

be 4.6 times more likely to die during childbirth

In Chad, approximately 140.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Afghanistan, 638.0 women do as of 2017.

be 60.2% more likely to die during infancy

In Chad, approximately 65.5 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Afghanistan, on the other hand, 104.9 children do as of 2022.

have 12.3% fewer children

In Chad, there are approximately 40.5 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Afghanistan, there are 35.5 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.

Basic Needs

be 11.0 times more likely to have access to electricity

In Chad, approximately 9% of people have electricity access (32% in urban areas, and 1% in rural areas) as of 2019. In Afghanistan, that number is 99% of people on average (100% in urban areas, and 98% in rural areas) as of 2018.

be 80.0% more likely to have internet access

In Chad, approximately 10.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Afghanistan, about 18.0% do as of 2020.

be 25.6% more likely to have access to improved drinking water

In Chad, approximately 61% of people have improved drinking water access (90% in urban areas, and 52% in rural areas) as of 2020. In Afghanistan, that number is 76% of people on average (100% in urban areas, and 68% in rural areas) as of 2020.

Expenditures

spend 33.3% more on education

Chad spends 2.4% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Afghanistan spends 3.2% of total GDP on education as of 2019.

spend 3.0 times more on healthcare

Chad spends 4.4% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Afghanistan, that number is 13.2% of GDP as of 2019.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Afghanistan Revenue Department, General Inspectorate of Finance.

Afghanistan: At a glance

Afghanistan is a sovereign country in South Asia, with a total land area of approximately 652,230 sq km. Ahmad Shah DURRANI unified the Pashtun tribes and founded Afghanistan in 1747. The country served as a buffer between the British and Russian Empires until it won independence from notional British control in 1919. A brief experiment in democracy ended in a 1973 coup and a 1978 communist counter-coup. The Soviet Union invaded in 1979 to support the tottering Afghan communist regime, touching off a long and destructive war. The USSR withdrew in 1989 under relentless pressure by internationally supported anti-communist mujahedin rebels. A series of subsequent civil wars saw Kabul finally fall in 1996 to the Taliban, a hardline Pakistani-sponsored movement that emerged in 1994 to end the country's civil war and anarchy. Following the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks, a US, Allied, and anti-Taliban Northern Alliance military action toppled the Taliban for sheltering Osama BIN LADIN. The UN-sponsored Bonn Conference in 2001 established a process for political reconstruction that included the adoption of a new constitution, a presidential election in 2004, and National Assembly elections in 2005. In December 2004, Hamid KARZAI became the first democratically elected president of Afghanistan and the National Assembly was inaugurated the following December. KARZAI was re-elected in August 2009 for a second term. Despite gains toward building a stable central government, a resurgent Taliban and continuing provincial instability - particularly in the south and the east - remain serious challenges for the Afghan Government.
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