If you lived in Singapore instead of Cote d'Ivoire, you would:

Health

be 90.5% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Cote d'Ivoire, 2.1% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Singapore, that number is 0.2% of people as of 2020.

live 24.1 years longer

In Cote d'Ivoire, the average life expectancy is 62 years (60 years for men, 65 years for women) as of 2022. In Singapore, that number is 86 years (84 years for men, 89 years for women) as of 2022.

be 40.8% less likely to be obese

In Cote d'Ivoire, 10.3% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Singapore, that number is 6.1% of people as of 2016.

Economy

make 18.0 times more money

Cote d'Ivoire has a GDP per capita of $5,200 as of 2020, while in Singapore, the GDP per capita is $93,400 as of 2020.

be 76.1% less likely to be unemployed

In Cote d'Ivoire, 9.4% of adults are unemployed as of 2013. In Singapore, that number is 2.2% as of 2019.

Life

be 98.7% less likely to die during childbirth

In Cote d'Ivoire, approximately 617.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Singapore, 8.0 women do as of 2017.

be 97.2% less likely to die during infancy

In Cote d'Ivoire, approximately 55.7 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Singapore, on the other hand, 1.6 children do as of 2022.

have 68.0% fewer children

In Cote d'Ivoire, there are approximately 28.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Singapore, there are 9.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.

Basic Needs

be 31.6% more likely to have access to electricity

In Cote d'Ivoire, approximately 76% of the population has electricity access as of 2019. In Singapore, 100% of the population do as of 2020.

be 2.6 times more likely to have internet access

In Cote d'Ivoire, approximately 36.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Singapore, about 92.0% do as of 2020.

be 25.3% more likely to have access to improved drinking water

In Cote d'Ivoire, approximately 80% of people have improved drinking water access as of 2020. In Singapore, 100% of people do as of 2020.

Expenditures

spend 32.4% less on education

Cote d'Ivoire spends 3.7% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Singapore spends 2.5% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

spend 24.2% more on healthcare

Cote d'Ivoire spends 3.3% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Singapore, that number is 4.1% of GDP as of 2019.

Geography

see 62.5% less coastline

Cote d'Ivoire has a total of 515 km of coastline. In Singapore, that number is 193 km.


The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.

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Singapore is a sovereign country in East/Southeast Asia, with a total land area of approximately 709 sq km. Singapore was founded as a British trading colony in 1819. It joined the Malaysian Federation in 1963 but separated two years later and became independent. Singapore subsequently became one of the world's most prosperous countries with strong international trading links (its port is one of the world's busiest in terms of tonnage handled) and with per capita GDP equal to that of the leading nations of Western Europe.
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