Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Chad instead of Illinois, you would:

Health

live 17.6 years less

In Illinois, the average life expectancy is 77 years (76 years for men, 82 years for women) as of 2020. In Chad, that number is 59 years (57 years for men, 61 years for women) as of 2022.

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Economy

be 77.5% less likely to be unemployed

In Illinois, 4.8% of adults are unemployed as of 2025. In Chad, that number is 1.1% as of 2023.

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make 97.5% less money

Illinois has a GDP per capita of $70,691 as of 2024, while in Chad, the GDP per capita is $1,800 as of 2023.

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Basic Needs

be 79.9% less likely to have internet access

In Illinois, approximately 89.6% of the population has internet access as of 2023. In Chad, about 18.0% do as of 2021.

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The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, OECD Regional Demography, Bureau of Labor Statistics, US Census Bureau (American Community Survey), Bureau of Economic Analysis.

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Cost of Living Comparison · 6 categories - 2026 data
Chad is 8.3% cheaper than Illinois
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Illinois is about 9 times smaller than Chad.
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Chad: At a glance

Chad is a sovereign country in Africa, with a total land area of approximately 1,259,200 sq km. Chad, part of France's African holdings until 1960, endured three decades of civil warfare, as well as invasions by Libya, before a semblance of peace was finally restored in 1990. The government eventually drafted a democratic constitution and held flawed presidential elections in 1996 and 2001. In 1998, a rebellion broke out in northern Chad, which has sporadically flared up despite several peace agreements between the government and the insurgents. In 2005, new rebel groups emerged in western Sudan and made probing attacks into eastern Chad despite signing peace agreements in December 2006 and October 2007. In June 2005, President Idriss DEBY held a referendum successfully removing constitutional term limits and won another controversial election in 2006. Sporadic rebel campaigns continued throughout 2006 and 2007. The capital experienced a significant insurrection in early 2008, but has had no significant rebel threats since then, in part due to Chad's 2010 rapprochement with Sudan, which previously used Chadian rebels as proxies. DEBY in 2011 was reelected to his fourth term in an election that international observers described as proceeding without incident. Power remains in the hands of an ethnic minority. In January 2014, Chad began a two year rotation on the UN Security Council.
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