Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 10.3 years longer

In India, the average life expectancy is 67 years (65 years for men, 69 years for women) as of 2022. In Tonga, that number is 78 years (76 years for men, 79 years for women) as of 2022.

be 12.4 times more likely to be obese

In India, 3.9% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Tonga, that number is 48.2% of people as of 2016.

Economy

be 87.1% less likely to be unemployed

In India, 8.5% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Tonga, that number is 1.1% as of 2011.

Life

be 64.1% less likely to die during childbirth

In India, approximately 145.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Tonga, 52.0 women do as of 2017.

be 33.6% more likely to be literate

In India, the literacy rate is 74.4% as of 2018. In Tonga, it is 99.4% as of 2018.

be 59.1% less likely to die during infancy

In India, approximately 30.3 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Tonga, on the other hand, 12.4 children do as of 2022.

have 20.7% more children

In India, there are approximately 16.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Tonga, there are 20.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.

Expenditures

spend 2.3 times more on education

India spends 3.5% of its total GDP on education as of 2016. Tonga spends 8.0% of total GDP on education as of 2019.

spend 66.7% more on healthcare

India spends 3.0% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Tonga, that number is 5.0% of GDP as of 2019.

Geography

see 94.0% less coastline

India has a total of 7,000 km of coastline. In Tonga, that number is 419 km.

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

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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