Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

be 90.5% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Lesotho, 21.1% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Togo, that number is 2.0% of people as of 2020.

live 11.8 years longer

In Lesotho, the average life expectancy is 60 years (58 years for men, 62 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 49.4% less likely to be obese

In Lesotho, 16.6% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Togo, that number is 8.4% of people as of 2016.

Economy

be 75.4% less likely to be unemployed

In Lesotho, 28.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2014. In Togo, that number is 6.9% as of 2016.

be 10.9% more likely to live below the poverty line

In Lesotho, 49.7% live below the poverty line as of 2017. In Togo, however, that number is 55.1% as of 2015.

Life

be 27.2% less likely to die during childbirth

In Lesotho, approximately 544.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Togo, 396.0 women do as of 2017.

be 15.0% less likely to die during infancy

In Lesotho, approximately 48.4 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Togo, on the other hand, 41.2 children do as of 2022.

have 37.6% more children

In Lesotho, there are approximately 23.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Togo, there are 31.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.

be 16.2% less likely to be literate

In Lesotho, the literacy rate is 79.4% as of 2015. In Togo, it is 66.5% as of 2019.

Basic Needs

be 19.4% more likely to have access to electricity

In Lesotho, approximately 36% of people have electricity access (63% in urban areas, and 26% 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 44.2% less likely to have internet access

In Lesotho, approximately 43.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Togo, about 24.0% do as of 2020.

Expenditures

spend 32.4% less on education

Lesotho spends 7.4% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Togo spends 5.0% of total GDP on education as of 2019.

spend 49.6% less on healthcare

Lesotho spends 11.3% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Togo, that number is 5.7% of GDP as of 2019.

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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