Quality of life comparison

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

Health

be 2.2 times more likely to be obese

In Macedonia, 22.4% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Tonga, that number is 48.2% of people as of 2016.

Economy

be 93.6% less likely to be unemployed

In Macedonia, 17.3% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Tonga, that number is 1.1% as of 2011.

make 59.5% less money

Macedonia has a GDP per capita of $15,800 as of 2020, while in Tonga, the GDP per capita is $6,400 as of 2019.

Life

have 94.4% more children

In Macedonia, there are approximately 10.4 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Tonga, there are 20.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.

be 7.4 times more likely to die during childbirth

In Macedonia, approximately 7.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Tonga, 52.0 women do as of 2017.

be 69.5% more likely to die during infancy

In Macedonia, approximately 7.3 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.

Basic Needs

be 49.4% less likely to have internet access

In Macedonia, approximately 81.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Tonga, about 41.0% do as of 2019.

Expenditures

spend 31.5% less on healthcare

Macedonia spends 7.3% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Tonga, that number is 5.0% of GDP as of 2019.

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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