Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Turkey instead of Romania, you would:
Health
be 42.7% more likely to be obese
In Romania, 22.5% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Turkey, that number is 32.1% of people as of 2016.
Economy
be 2.2 times more likely to be unemployed
In Romania, 4.9% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Turkey, that number is 10.9% as of 2017.
pay a 2.2 times higher top tax rate
Romania has a top tax rate of 16.0% as of 2016. In Turkey, the top tax rate is 35.0% as of 2016.
Life
have 74.1% more children
In Romania, there are approximately 8.5 babies per 1,000 people as of 2020. In Turkey, there are 14.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2020.
be 81.6% more likely to die during infancy
In Romania, approximately 8.7 children die before they reach the age of one as of 2020. In Turkey, on the other hand, 15.8 children do as of 2020.
Expenditures
spend 38.7% more on education
Romania spends 3.1% of its total GDP on education as of 2015. Turkey spends 4.3% of total GDP on education as of 2015.
Geography
see 32.0 times more coastline
Romania has a total of 225 km of coastline. In Turkey, that number is 7,200 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, National Agency for Fiscal Administration (ANAF), Revenue Administration, Government of Turkey.
Turkey: At a glance
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