Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Togo instead of Haiti, you would:

Health

live 5.4 years longer

In Haiti, the average life expectancy is 66 years (63 years for men, 69 years for women) as of 2022. In Togo, that number is 71 years (69 years for men, 74 years for women) as of 2022.

be 63.0% less likely to be obese

In Haiti, 22.7% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Togo, that number is 8.4% of people as of 2016.

Economy

be 83.0% less likely to be unemployed

In Haiti, 40.6% of adults are unemployed as of 2010. In Togo, that number is 6.9% as of 2016.

make 25.0% less money

Haiti has a GDP per capita of $2,800 as of 2020, while in Togo, the GDP per capita is $2,100 as of 2020.

Life

be 17.5% less likely to die during childbirth

In Haiti, approximately 480.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Togo, 396.0 women do as of 2017.

have 50.9% more children

In Haiti, there are approximately 21.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Togo, there are 31.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.

Basic Needs

be 10.3% more likely to have access to electricity

In Haiti, approximately 39% of people have electricity access (60% in urban areas, and 12% in rural areas) as of 2019. In Togo, that number is 43% of people on average (77% in urban areas, and 19% in rural areas) as of 2019.

be 31.4% less likely to have internet access

In Haiti, approximately 35.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Togo, about 24.0% do as of 2020.

Expenditures

spend 2.9 times more on education

Haiti spends 1.7% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Togo spends 5.0% of total GDP on education as of 2019.

spend 21.3% more on healthcare

Haiti spends 4.7% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Togo, that number is 5.7% of GDP as of 2019.

Geography

see 96.8% less coastline

Haiti has a total of 1,771 km of coastline. In Togo, that number is 56 km.

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

Togo: At a glance

Togo is a sovereign country in Africa, with a total land area of approximately 54,385 sq km. French Togoland became Togo in 1960. Gen. Gnassingbe EYADEMA, installed as military ruler in 1967, ruled Togo with a heavy hand for almost four decades. Despite the facade of multi-party elections instituted in the early 1990s, the government was largely dominated by President EYADEMA, whose Rally of the Togolese People (RPT) party has maintained power almost continually since 1967 and maintains a majority of seats in today's legislature. Upon EYADEMA's death in February 2005, the military installed the president's son, Faure GNASSINGBE, and then engineered his formal election two months later. Democratic gains since then allowed Togo to hold its first relatively free and fair legislative elections in October 2007. After years of political unrest and condemnation from international organizations for human rights abuses, Togo is finally being re-welcomed into the international community.
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