Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Chad instead of Democratic Republic of the Congo, you would:

Health

be 57.1% more likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Democratic Republic of the Congo, 0.7% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Chad, that number is 1.1% of people as of 2020.

live 2.7 years less

In Democratic Republic of the Congo, the average life expectancy is 62 years (60 years for men, 64 years for women) as of 2022. In Chad, that number is 59 years (57 years for men, 61 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

make 36.4% more money

Democratic Republic of the Congo has a GDP per capita of $1,100 as of 2020, while in Chad, the GDP per capita is $1,500 as of 2020.

be 32.9% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Democratic Republic of the Congo, 63.0% live below the poverty line as of 2014. In Chad, however, that number is 42.3% as of 2018.

Life

be 70.4% less likely to die during childbirth

In Democratic Republic of the Congo, approximately 473.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Chad, 140.0 women do as of 2017.

be 71.0% less likely to be literate

In Democratic Republic of the Congo, the literacy rate is 77.0% as of 2016. In Chad, it is 22.3% as of 2016.

Basic Needs

be 28.6% less likely to have internet access

In Democratic Republic of the Congo, approximately 14.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Chad, about 10.0% do as of 2020.

Expenditures

spend 60.0% more on education

Democratic Republic of the Congo spends 1.5% of its total GDP on education as of 2017. Chad spends 2.4% of total GDP on education as of 2019.

spend 25.7% more on healthcare

Democratic Republic of the Congo spends 3.5% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Chad, that number is 4.4% of GDP as of 2019.

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

Chad: At a glance

Chad is a sovereign country in Africa, with a total land area of approximately 1,259,200 sq km. Chad, part of France's African holdings until 1960, endured three decades of civil warfare, as well as invasions by Libya, before a semblance of peace was finally restored in 1990. The government eventually drafted a democratic constitution and held flawed presidential elections in 1996 and 2001. In 1998, a rebellion broke out in northern Chad, which has sporadically flared up despite several peace agreements between the government and the insurgents. In 2005, new rebel groups emerged in western Sudan and made probing attacks into eastern Chad despite signing peace agreements in December 2006 and October 2007. In June 2005, President Idriss DEBY held a referendum successfully removing constitutional term limits and won another controversial election in 2006. Sporadic rebel campaigns continued throughout 2006 and 2007. The capital experienced a significant insurrection in early 2008, but has had no significant rebel threats since then, in part due to Chad's 2010 rapprochement with Sudan, which previously used Chadian rebels as proxies. DEBY in 2011 was reelected to his fourth term in an election that international observers described as proceeding without incident. Power remains in the hands of an ethnic minority. In January 2014, Chad began a two year rotation on the UN Security Council.
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