If you lived in Tonga instead of Georgia, you would:

Health

live 1.6 years less

In Georgia, the average life expectancy is 75 years (70 years for men, 79 years for women) as of 2024. In Tonga, that number is 73 years (70 years for men, 77 years for women) as of 2024.

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be 2.1 times more likely to be obese

In Georgia, 35.7% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Tonga, that number is 73.8% of people as of 2024.

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see 69.5% less spent on your healthcare

Georgia spends $1,679 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Tonga spends $512 as of 2023.

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have 82.0% fewer doctors per person

Georgia has 56.4 doctors per 10,000 people as of 2023. Tonga has 10.1 as of 2021.

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have 16.2% less access to essential health services

Georgia scores 68 out of 100 on the universal health coverage index as of 2021. Tonga scores 57 as of 2021.

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Economy

be 83.4% less likely to be unemployed

In Georgia, 12.1% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Tonga, that number is 2.0% as of 2025.

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be 2.2 times more likely to live below the poverty line

In Georgia, 9.4% live below the poverty line as of 2024. In Tonga, however, that number is 20.6% as of 2021.

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make 32.4% less money

Georgia has a GDP per capita of $9,692 as of 2025, while in Tonga, the GDP per capita is $6,547 as of 2025.

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Life

have 2.0 times more children

In Georgia, there are approximately 11.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Tonga, there are 23.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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be 3.4 times more likely to die during childbirth

In Georgia, approximately 20.0 women die from pregnancy or childbirth per 100,000 live births as of 2023. In Tonga, 67.0 women do as of 2023.

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Basic Needs

be 19.5% less likely to have internet access

In Georgia, approximately 83.8% of the population has internet access as of 2024. In Tonga, about 67.4% do as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 33.4% more on education

Georgia spends 4.0% of its total GDP on education as of 2024. Tonga spends 5.3% of total GDP on education as of 2022.

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Geography

see 35.2% more coastline

Georgia has a total of 310 km of coastline. In Tonga, that number is 419 km.

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Safety

be 53.2% less likely to be murdered

Georgia has a homicide rate of 2.0 per 100,000 people as of 2019. In Tonga, that number is 0.9 per 100,000 as of 2019.

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be 33.1% less likely to die in a road accident

In Georgia, road accidents kill 12.7 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In Tonga, they kill 8.5 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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Infrastructure

find 73.1% less home broadband

Georgia has 30.4 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Tonga has 8.2 as of 2022.

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Environment

be 65.2% less likely to die from air pollution

In Georgia, air pollution causes 69.0 deaths per 100,000 people as of 2019. In Tonga, it causes 24.0 as of 2019.

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emit 53.8% less CO2

Georgia emits 3.5 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. Tonga emits 1.6 tonnes as of 2024.

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Sources: World Bank (2019–2025), United Nations SDG Indicators (2019–2021), World Health Organization (2024), The World Factbook. How we calculate this

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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