Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Ghana instead of Tokelau, you would:

Health

be 79.4% less likely to be obese

In Tokelau, 70.7% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Ghana, that number is 14.6% of people as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 23.8% more likely to have internet access

In Tokelau, approximately 58.3% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Ghana, about 72.2% do as of 2024.

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Geography

see 5.3 times more coastline

Tokelau has a total of 101 km of coastline. In Ghana, that number is 539 km.

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Sources: The World Factbook (2021), World Health Organization (2024), World Bank (2024). How we calculate this

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Tokelau is about 19,878 times smaller than Ghana.
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Ghana: At a glance

Ghana is a sovereign country in Africa, with a total land area of approximately 227,533 sq km. Formed from the merger of the British colony of the Gold Coast and the Togoland trust territory, Ghana in 1957 became the first sub-Saharan country in colonial Africa to gain its independence. Ghana endured a long series of coups before Lt. Jerry RAWLINGS took power in 1981 and banned political parties. After approving a new constitution and restoring multiparty politics in 1992, RAWLINGS won presidential elections in 1992 and 1996 but was constitutionally prevented from running for a third term in 2000. John KUFUOR succeeded him and was reelected in 2004. John Atta MILLS won the 2008 presidential election and took over as head of state, but he died in July 2012 and was constitutionally succeeded by his vice president John Dramani MAHAMA, who subsequently won the December 2012 presidential election.
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