If you lived in Tonga instead of Dominican Republic, you would:

Health

live 5.0 years longer

In Dominican Republic, the average life expectancy is 73 years (71 years for men, 74 years for women) as of 2022. In Tonga, that number is 78 years (76 years for men, 79 years for women) as of 2022.

be 74.6% more likely to be obese

In Dominican Republic, 27.6% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Tonga, that number is 48.2% of people as of 2016.

Economy

be 78.4% less likely to be unemployed

In Dominican Republic, 5.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Tonga, that number is 1.1% as of 2011.

make 62.4% less money

Dominican Republic has a GDP per capita of $17,000 as of 2020, while in Tonga, the GDP per capita is $6,400 as of 2019.

Life

be 45.3% less likely to die during childbirth

In Dominican Republic, approximately 95.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Tonga, 52.0 women do as of 2017.

be 41.4% less likely to die during infancy

In Dominican Republic, approximately 21.2 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Tonga, on the other hand, 12.4 children do as of 2022.

have 12.6% more children

In Dominican Republic, there are approximately 18.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Tonga, there are 20.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.

Basic Needs

be 46.8% less likely to have internet access

In Dominican Republic, approximately 77.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Tonga, about 41.0% do as of 2019.

Expenditures

spend 15.3% less on healthcare

Dominican Republic spends 5.9% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Tonga, that number is 5.0% of GDP as of 2019.

spend 100.0% more on education

Dominican Republic spends 4.0% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Tonga spends 8.0% of total GDP on education as of 2019.

Geography

see 67.5% less coastline

Dominican Republic has a total of 1,288 km of coastline. In Tonga, that number is 419 km.


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

Tonga: At a glance

Tonga is a sovereign country in Australia-Oceania, with a total land area of approximately 717 sq km. Tonga - unique among Pacific nations - never completely lost its indigenous governance. The archipelagos of "The Friendly Islands" were united into a Polynesian kingdom in 1845. Tonga became a constitutional monarchy in 1875 and a British protectorate in 1900; it withdrew from the protectorate and joined the Commonwealth of Nations in 1970. Tonga remains the only monarchy in the Pacific.
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