Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha instead of Timor-Leste, you would:
Health
live 12.6 years longer
In Timor-Leste, the average life expectancy is 68 years (66 years for men, 70 years for women) as of 2024. In Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha, that number is 80 years (78 years for men, 84 years for women) as of 2022.
Life
be 44.5% less likely to die during infancy
In Timor-Leste, approximately 34.6 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2024. In Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha, on the other hand, 19.2 children do as of 2022.
have 57.3% fewer children
In Timor-Leste, there are approximately 21.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha, there are 9.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.
Infrastructure
find 1825.0 times more home broadband
Timor-Leste has 0.0 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha has 18.2 as of 2022.
Sources: World Bank (2024), The World Factbook (2022–2024), United Nations SDG Indicators (2022). How we calculate this
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