Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Cote d'Ivoire instead of Nigeria, you would:
Health
live 0.9 years longer
In Nigeria, the average life expectancy is 61 years (60 years for men, 63 years for women) as of 2022. In Cote d'Ivoire, that number is 62 years (60 years for men, 65 years for women) as of 2022.
be 61.5% more likely to be living with HIV/AIDS
In Nigeria, 1.3% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Cote d'Ivoire, that number is 2.1% of people as of 2020.
be 15.7% more likely to be obese
In Nigeria, 8.9% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Cote d'Ivoire, that number is 10.3% of people as of 2016.
Economy
be 43.0% less likely to be unemployed
In Nigeria, 16.5% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Cote d'Ivoire, that number is 9.4% as of 2013.
Life
be 32.7% less likely to die during childbirth
In Nigeria, approximately 917.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Cote d'Ivoire, 617.0 women do as of 2017.
be 45.0% more likely to be literate
In Nigeria, the literacy rate is 62.0% as of 2018. In Cote d'Ivoire, it is 89.9% as of 2019.
have 17.2% fewer children
In Nigeria, there are approximately 34.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Cote d'Ivoire, there are 28.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
Basic Needs
be 22.6% more likely to have access to electricity
In Nigeria, approximately 62% of people have electricity access (91% in urban areas, and 30% in rural areas) as of 2019. In Cote d'Ivoire, that number is 76% of people on average (99% in urban areas, and 51% in rural areas) as of 2019.
Geography
see 39.6% less coastline
Nigeria has a total of 853 km of coastline. In Cote d'Ivoire, that number is 515 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Cote d'Ivoire: At a glance
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