Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Tunisia instead of Malawi, you would:

Health

be 98.8% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Malawi, 8.1% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Tunisia, that number is 0.1% of people as of 2020.

live 4.4 years longer

In Malawi, the average life expectancy is 72 years (69 years for men, 76 years for women) as of 2022. In Tunisia, that number is 77 years (75 years for men, 79 years for women) as of 2022.

be 4.6 times more likely to be obese

In Malawi, 5.8% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Tunisia, that number is 26.9% of people as of 2016.

Economy

make 6.5 times more money

Malawi has a GDP per capita of $1,500 as of 2020, while in Tunisia, the GDP per capita is $9,700 as of 2020.

be 24.0% less likely to be unemployed

In Malawi, 20.4% of adults are unemployed as of 2013. In Tunisia, that number is 15.5% as of 2017.

be 70.5% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Malawi, 51.5% live below the poverty line as of 2016. In Tunisia, however, that number is 15.2% as of 2015.

pay a 16.7% higher top tax rate

Malawi has a top tax rate of 30.0% as of 2016. In Tunisia, the top tax rate is 35.0% as of 2016.

Life

be 87.7% less likely to die during childbirth

In Malawi, approximately 349.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Tunisia, 43.0 women do as of 2017.

be 31.7% more likely to be literate

In Malawi, the literacy rate is 62.1% as of 2015. In Tunisia, it is 81.8% as of 2015.

be 64.5% less likely to die during infancy

In Malawi, approximately 33.4 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Tunisia, on the other hand, 11.9 children do as of 2022.

have 47.7% fewer children

In Malawi, there are approximately 27.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Tunisia, there are 14.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.

Basic Needs

be 7.7 times more likely to have access to electricity

In Malawi, approximately 13% of the population has electricity access as of 2019. In Tunisia, 100% of the population do as of 2020.

be 5.1 times more likely to have internet access

In Malawi, approximately 14.0% of the population has internet access as of 2019. In Tunisia, about 72.0% do as of 2020.

Expenditures

spend 2.5 times more on education

Malawi spends 2.9% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Tunisia spends 7.3% of total GDP on education as of 2016.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: Malawi Revenue Authority, The World Factbook, La Direction Générale des Impôts, Ministère des Finances.

Tunisia: At a glance

Tunisia is a sovereign country in Africa, with a total land area of approximately 155,360 sq km. Rivalry between French and Italian interests in Tunisia culminated in a French invasion in 1881 and the creation of a protectorate. Agitation for independence in the decades following World War I was finally successful in getting the French to recognize Tunisia as an independent state in 1956. The country's first president, Habib BOURGUIBA, established a strict one-party state. He dominated the country for 31 years, repressing Islamic fundamentalism and establishing rights for women unmatched by any other Arab nation. In November 1987, BOURGUIBA was removed from office and replaced by Zine el Abidine BEN ALI in a bloodless coup. Street protests that began in Tunis in December 2010 over high unemployment, corruption, widespread poverty, and high food prices escalated in January 2011, culminating in rioting that led to hundreds of deaths. On 14 January 2011, the same day BEN ALI dismissed the government, he fled the country, and by late January 2011, a "national unity government" was formed. Elections for the new Constituent Assembly were held in late October 2011, and in December, it elected human rights activist Moncef MARZOUKI as interim president. The Assembly began drafting a new constitution in February 2012 and, after several iterations and a months-long political crisis that stalled the transition, ratified the document in January 2014. Presidential and parliamentary elections for a permanent government could be held by the end of 2014.
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