Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Guinea-Bissau instead of Equatorial Guinea, you would:

Health

be 58.9% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Equatorial Guinea, 7.3% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Guinea-Bissau, that number is 3.0% of people as of 2020.

be 18.8% more likely to be obese

In Equatorial Guinea, 8.0% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Guinea-Bissau, that number is 9.5% of people as of 2016.

Economy

make 89.4% less money

Equatorial Guinea has a GDP per capita of $17,000 as of 2020, while in Guinea-Bissau, the GDP per capita is $1,800 as of 2020.

be 52.3% more likely to live below the poverty line

In Equatorial Guinea, 44.0% live below the poverty line as of 2011. In Guinea-Bissau, however, that number is 67.0% as of 2015.

Life

be 37.4% less likely to die during infancy

In Equatorial Guinea, approximately 78.3 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Guinea-Bissau, on the other hand, 49.0 children do as of 2022.

have 21.7% more children

In Equatorial Guinea, there are approximately 29.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Guinea-Bissau, there are 36.5 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.

be 2.2 times more likely to die during childbirth

In Equatorial Guinea, approximately 301.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Guinea-Bissau, 667.0 women do as of 2017.

be 37.1% less likely to be literate

In Equatorial Guinea, the literacy rate is 95.3% as of 2015. In Guinea-Bissau, it is 59.9% as of 2015.

Basic Needs

be 58.2% less likely to have access to electricity

In Equatorial Guinea, approximately 67% of people have electricity access (75% in urban areas, and 45% in rural areas) as of 2019. In Guinea-Bissau, that number is 28% of people on average (56% in urban areas, and 7% in rural areas) as of 2019.

be 11.5% less likely to have internet access

In Equatorial Guinea, approximately 26.0% of the population has internet access as of 2019. In Guinea-Bissau, about 23.0% do as of 2020.

Expenditures

spend 2.7 times more on healthcare

Equatorial Guinea spends 3.1% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Guinea-Bissau, that number is 8.4% of GDP as of 2019.

Geography

see 18.2% more coastline

Equatorial Guinea has a total of 296 km of coastline. In Guinea-Bissau, that number is 350 km.

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

Guinea-Bissau: At a glance

Guinea-Bissau is a sovereign country in Africa, with a total land area of approximately 28,120 sq km. Since independence from Portugal in 1974, Guinea-Bissau has experienced considerable political and military upheaval. In 1980, a military coup established authoritarian dictator Joao Bernardo 'Nino' VIEIRA as president. Despite setting a path to a market economy and multiparty system, VIEIRA's regime was characterized by the suppression of political opposition and the purging of political rivals. Several coup attempts through the 1980s and early 1990s failed to unseat him. In 1994 VIEIRA was elected president in the country's first free elections. A military mutiny and resulting civil war in 1998 eventually led to VIEIRA's ouster in May 1999. In February 2000, a transitional government turned over power to opposition leader Kumba YALA after he was elected president in transparent polling. In September 2003, after only three years in office, YALA was overthrown in a bloodless military coup, and businessman Henrique ROSA was sworn in as interim president. In 2005, former President VIEIRA was re-elected president pledging to pursue economic development and national reconciliation; he was assassinated in March 2009. Malam Bacai SANHA was elected in an emergency election held in June 2009, but he passed away in January 2012 from an existing illness. A military coup in April 2012 prevented Guinea-Bissau's second-round presidential election - to determine SANHA's successor - from taking place.
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