If you lived in Namibia instead of Comoros, you would:

Health

see 4.3 times more spent on your healthcare

Comoros spends $250 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Namibia spends $1,068 as of 2023.

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have 30.4% more doctors per person

Comoros has 4.2 doctors per 10,000 people as of 2022. Namibia has 5.5 as of 2022.

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have 31.2% more access to essential health services

Comoros scores 48 out of 100 on the universal health coverage index as of 2021. Namibia scores 63 as of 2021.

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be 90.0 times more likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Comoros, 0.1% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2024. In Namibia, that number is 9.0% of people as of 2024.

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be 43.2% more likely to die by suicide

Comoros has a suicide rate of 6.0 per 100,000 people as of 2021. In Namibia, it is 8.6 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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Economy

make 2.4 times more money

Comoros has a GDP per capita of $2,056 as of 2025, while in Namibia, the GDP per capita is $4,876 as of 2025.

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be 5.0 times more likely to be unemployed

In Comoros, 3.8% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Namibia, that number is 19.3% as of 2025.

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Life

be 22.3% less likely to die during childbirth

In Comoros, approximately 179.0 women die from pregnancy or childbirth per 100,000 live births as of 2023. In Namibia, 139.0 women do as of 2023.

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be 15.9% more likely to be literate

In Comoros, the literacy rate is 75.6% as of 2021. In Namibia, it is 87.6% as of 2023.

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Basic Needs

be 99.5% more likely to have internet access

In Comoros, approximately 32.5% of the population has internet access as of 2024. In Namibia, about 64.9% do as of 2024.

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be 36.9% less likely to have access to electricity

In Comoros, approximately 90% of people have electricity access (98% in urban areas, and 86% in rural areas) as of 2023. In Namibia, that number is 57% of people on average (75% in urban areas, and 34% in rural areas) as of 2023.

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Expenditures

spend 3.9 times more on education

Comoros spends 2.3% of its total GDP on education as of 2023. Namibia spends 9.1% of total GDP on education as of 2024.

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spend 44.7% more on healthcare

Comoros spends 6.5% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2023. In Namibia, that number is 9.5% of GDP as of 2023.

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Geography

see 4.6 times more coastline

Comoros has a total of 340 km of coastline. In Namibia, that number is 1,572 km.

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Safety

be 24.1% less likely to die in a road accident

In Comoros, road accidents kill 29.0 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In Namibia, they kill 22.0 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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Infrastructure

find 7.3 times more home broadband

Comoros has 0.4 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2023. Namibia has 2.8 as of 2024.

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live with 62.7% less strain on fresh water

Comoros withdraws 1% of its available fresh water each year as of 2022. Namibia withdraws 0% as of 2022.

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Environment

emit 2.4 times more CO2

Comoros emits 0.5 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. Namibia emits 1.2 tonnes as of 2024.

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

Namibia: At a glance

Namibia is a sovereign country in Africa, with a total land area of approximately 823,290 sq km. South Africa occupied the German colony of South-West Africa during World War I and administered it as a mandate until after World War II, when it annexed the territory. In 1966 the Marxist South-West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) guerrilla group launched a war of independence for the area that became Namibia, but it was not until 1988 that South Africa agreed to end its administration in accordance with a UN peace plan for the entire region. Namibia has been governed by SWAPO since the country won independence in 1990. Hifikepunye POHAMBA was elected president in November 2004 in a landslide victory replacing Sam NUJOMA who led the country during its first 14 years of self rule. POHAMBA was reelected in November 2009.
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