Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Togo instead of Tanzania, you would:

Health

be 57.4% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Tanzania, 4.7% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Togo, that number is 2.0% of people as of 2020.

live 1.2 years longer

In Tanzania, the average life expectancy is 70 years (68 years for men, 72 years for women) as of 2022. In Togo, that number is 71 years (69 years for men, 74 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

be 33.0% less likely to be unemployed

In Tanzania, 10.3% of adults are unemployed as of 2014. In Togo, that number is 6.9% as of 2016.

make 19.2% less money

Tanzania has a GDP per capita of $2,600 as of 2020, while in Togo, the GDP per capita is $2,100 as of 2020.

be 2.1 times more likely to live below the poverty line

In Tanzania, 26.4% live below the poverty line as of 2017. In Togo, however, that number is 55.1% as of 2015.

Life

be 24.4% less likely to die during childbirth

In Tanzania, approximately 524.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Togo, 396.0 women do as of 2017.

be 14.6% less likely to be literate

In Tanzania, the literacy rate is 77.9% as of 2015. In Togo, it is 66.5% as of 2019.

be 13.2% more likely to die during infancy

In Tanzania, approximately 36.4 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2020. In Togo, on the other hand, 41.2 children do as of 2022.

Expenditures

spend 61.3% more on education

Tanzania spends 3.1% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Togo spends 5.0% of total GDP on education as of 2019.

spend 50.0% more on healthcare

Tanzania spends 3.8% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Togo, that number is 5.7% of GDP as of 2019.

Geography

see 96.1% less coastline

Tanzania has a total of 1,424 km of coastline. In Togo, that number is 56 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.

Togo: At a glance

Togo is a sovereign country in Africa, with a total land area of approximately 54,385 sq km. French Togoland became Togo in 1960. Gen. Gnassingbe EYADEMA, installed as military ruler in 1967, ruled Togo with a heavy hand for almost four decades. Despite the facade of multi-party elections instituted in the early 1990s, the government was largely dominated by President EYADEMA, whose Rally of the Togolese People (RPT) party has maintained power almost continually since 1967 and maintains a majority of seats in today's legislature. Upon EYADEMA's death in February 2005, the military installed the president's son, Faure GNASSINGBE, and then engineered his formal election two months later. Democratic gains since then allowed Togo to hold its first relatively free and fair legislative elections in October 2007. After years of political unrest and condemnation from international organizations for human rights abuses, Togo is finally being re-welcomed into the international community.
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