Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha instead of Tonga, you would:
Health
live 3.0 years longer
In Tonga, the average life expectancy is 78 years (76 years for men, 79 years for women) as of 2022. In Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha, that number is 80 years (78 years for men, 84 years for women) as of 2022.
Economy
be 12.7 times more likely to be unemployed
In Tonga, 1.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2011. In Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha, that number is 14.0% as of 1998.
Life
be 54.6% more likely to die during infancy
In Tonga, approximately 12.4 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha, on the other hand, 19.2 children do as of 2022.
have 54.0% fewer children
In Tonga, there are approximately 20.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha, there are 9.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha: At a glance
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