Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Timor-Leste instead of Senegal, you would:
Health
be 56.8% less likely to be obese
In Senegal, 8.8% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Timor-Leste, that number is 3.8% of people as of 2016.
Economy
be 90.8% less likely to be unemployed
In Senegal, 48.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2007. In Timor-Leste, that number is 4.4% as of 2014.
be 10.5% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Senegal, 46.7% live below the poverty line as of 2011. In Timor-Leste, however, that number is 41.8% as of 2014.
Life
be 54.9% less likely to die during childbirth
In Senegal, approximately 315.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Timor-Leste, 142.0 women do as of 2017.
be 31.2% more likely to be literate
In Senegal, the literacy rate is 51.9% as of 2017. In Timor-Leste, it is 68.1% as of 2018.
Basic Needs
be 20.6% more likely to have access to electricity
In Senegal, approximately 71% of people have electricity access (94% in urban areas, and 50% in rural areas) as of 2019. In Timor-Leste, that number is 86% of people on average (100% in urban areas, and 79% in rural areas) as of 2018.
be 32.6% less likely to have internet access
In Senegal, approximately 43.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Timor-Leste, about 29.0% do as of 2020.
Expenditures
spend 28.3% more on education
Senegal spends 5.3% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Timor-Leste spends 6.8% of total GDP on education as of 2018.
spend 75.6% more on healthcare
Senegal spends 4.1% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Timor-Leste, that number is 7.2% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 33.0% more coastline
Senegal has a total of 531 km of coastline. In Timor-Leste, that number is 706 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Timor-Leste: At a glance
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