If you lived in Tunisia instead of Equatorial Guinea, you would:

Health

live 12.8 years longer

In Equatorial Guinea, the average life expectancy is 64 years (62 years for men, 66 years for women) as of 2024. In Tunisia, that number is 77 years (74 years for men, 79 years for women) as of 2024.

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see 82.6% more spent on your healthcare

Equatorial Guinea spends $609 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Tunisia spends $1,113 as of 2023.

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have 8.6 times more doctors per person

Equatorial Guinea has 1.5 doctors per 10,000 people as of 2022. Tunisia has 13.2 as of 2021.

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have 45.7% more access to essential health services

Equatorial Guinea scores 46 out of 100 on the universal health coverage index as of 2021. Tunisia scores 67 as of 2021.

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be 73.8% less likely to die by suicide

Equatorial Guinea has a suicide rate of 7.0 per 100,000 people as of 2021. In Tunisia, it is 1.8 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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be 35.8% more likely to be obese

In Equatorial Guinea, 19.2% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Tunisia, that number is 26.1% of people as of 2024.

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Economy

be 67.3% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Equatorial Guinea, 50.7% live below the poverty line as of 2022. In Tunisia, however, that number is 16.6% as of 2021.

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be 81.2% more likely to be unemployed

In Equatorial Guinea, 8.3% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Tunisia, that number is 15.1% as of 2025.

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make 29.6% less money

Equatorial Guinea has a GDP per capita of $6,615 as of 2025, while in Tunisia, the GDP per capita is $4,657 as of 2025.

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Life

be 79.3% less likely to die during childbirth

In Equatorial Guinea, approximately 174.0 women die from pregnancy or childbirth per 100,000 live births as of 2023. In Tunisia, 36.0 women do as of 2023.

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be 79.6% less likely to die during infancy

In Equatorial Guinea, approximately 47.6 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2024. In Tunisia, on the other hand, 9.7 children do as of 2024.

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have 55.4% fewer children

In Equatorial Guinea, there are approximately 30.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Tunisia, there are 13.4 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 49.5% more likely to have access to electricity

In Equatorial Guinea, approximately 67% of people have electricity access (89% in urban areas, and 2% in rural areas) as of 2023. In Tunisia, that number is 100% of people on average (100% in urban areas, and 100% in rural areas) as of 2023.

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be 20.9% more likely to have internet access

In Equatorial Guinea, approximately 63.3% of the population has internet access as of 2024. In Tunisia, about 76.5% do as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 2.3 times more on healthcare

Equatorial Guinea spends 3.5% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2023. In Tunisia, that number is 8.0% of GDP as of 2023.

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Geography

see 3.9 times more coastline

Equatorial Guinea has a total of 296 km of coastline. In Tunisia, that number is 1,148 km.

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Safety

be 39.3% more likely to die in a road accident

In Equatorial Guinea, road accidents kill 11.7 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In Tunisia, they kill 16.3 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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Infrastructure

find 149.7 times more home broadband

Equatorial Guinea has 0.1 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Tunisia has 15.0 as of 2024.

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use 2.1 times more electricity

Equatorial Guinea uses 792 kWh of electricity per person each year as of 2023. Tunisia uses 1,629 kWh as of 2023.

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live with 545.1 times more strain on fresh water

Equatorial Guinea withdraws 0% of its available fresh water each year as of 2022. Tunisia withdraws 98% as of 2022.

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Sources: World Bank (2021–2025), United Nations SDG Indicators (2021), World Health Organization (2024), The World Factbook. How we calculate this

Tunisia: At a glance

Tunisia is a sovereign country in Africa, with a total land area of approximately 155,360 sq km. Rivalry between French and Italian interests in Tunisia culminated in a French invasion in 1881 and the creation of a protectorate. Agitation for independence in the decades following World War I was finally successful in getting the French to recognize Tunisia as an independent state in 1956. The country's first president, Habib BOURGUIBA, established a strict one-party state. He dominated the country for 31 years, repressing Islamic fundamentalism and establishing rights for women unmatched by any other Arab nation. In November 1987, BOURGUIBA was removed from office and replaced by Zine el Abidine BEN ALI in a bloodless coup. Street protests that began in Tunis in December 2010 over high unemployment, corruption, widespread poverty, and high food prices escalated in January 2011, culminating in rioting that led to hundreds of deaths. On 14 January 2011, the same day BEN ALI dismissed the government, he fled the country, and by late January 2011, a "national unity government" was formed. Elections for the new Constituent Assembly were held in late October 2011, and in December, it elected human rights activist Moncef MARZOUKI as interim president. The Assembly began drafting a new constitution in February 2012 and, after several iterations and a months-long political crisis that stalled the transition, ratified the document in January 2014. Presidential and parliamentary elections for a permanent government could be held by the end of 2014.
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