If you lived in Tunisia instead of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, you would:

Health

live 5.3 years longer

In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, the average life expectancy is 71 years (69 years for men, 74 years for women) as of 2024. In Tunisia, that number is 77 years (74 years for men, 79 years for women) as of 2024.

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be 24.6% less likely to be obese

In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 34.6% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Tunisia, that number is 26.1% of people as of 2024.

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see 22.6% more spent on your healthcare

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines spends $908 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Tunisia spends $1,113 as of 2023.

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be 4.5 times more likely to die by suicide

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has a suicide rate of 0.4 per 100,000 people as of 2021. In Tunisia, it is 1.8 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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Economy

be 16.1% less likely to be unemployed

In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 18.0% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Tunisia, that number is 15.1% as of 2025.

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make 62.9% less money

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has a GDP per capita of $12,562 as of 2025, while in Tunisia, the GDP per capita is $4,657 as of 2025.

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Life

be 35.7% less likely to die during childbirth

In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, approximately 56.0 women die from pregnancy or childbirth per 100,000 live births as of 2023. In Tunisia, 36.0 women do as of 2023.

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have 11.8% more children

In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, there are approximately 12.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Tunisia, there are 13.4 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 80.0% more on healthcare

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines spends 4.4% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2023. In Tunisia, that number is 8.0% of GDP as of 2023.

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Geography

see 13.7 times more coastline

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has a total of 84 km of coastline. In Tunisia, that number is 1,148 km.

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Safety

be 90.9% less likely to be murdered

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has a homicide rate of 51.3 per 100,000 people as of 2023. In Tunisia, that number is 4.7 per 100,000 as of 2020.

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be 3.4 times more likely to die in a road accident

In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, road accidents kill 4.8 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In Tunisia, they kill 16.3 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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Infrastructure

find 49.2% less home broadband

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has 29.5 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Tunisia has 15.0 as of 2024.

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live with 12.4 times more strain on fresh water

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines withdraws 8% of its available fresh water each year as of 2022. Tunisia withdraws 98% as of 2022.

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Environment

be 2.2 times more likely to die from air pollution

In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, air pollution causes 25.0 deaths per 100,000 people as of 2019. In Tunisia, it causes 55.0 as of 2019.

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emit 100.0% more CO2

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines emits 1.3 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. Tunisia emits 2.6 tonnes as of 2024.

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Sources: World Bank (2020–2025), United Nations SDG Indicators (2019–2021), World Health Organization (2024), The World Factbook. How we calculate this

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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