Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Turkey instead of Trinidad and Tobago, you would:

Health

live 3.8 years longer

In Trinidad and Tobago, the average life expectancy is 74 years (71 years for men, 77 years for women) as of 2024. In Turkey, that number is 77 years (75 years for men, 80 years for women) as of 2024.

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be 79.8% less likely to die by suicide

Trinidad and Tobago has a suicide rate of 13.3 per 100,000 people as of 2021. In Turkey, it is 2.7 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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see 21.2% less spent on your healthcare

Trinidad and Tobago spends $2,244 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Turkey spends $1,769 as of 2023.

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have 46.2% fewer doctors per person

Trinidad and Tobago has 41.6 doctors per 10,000 people as of 2021. Turkey has 22.4 as of 2022.

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Economy

be 2.6 times more likely to be unemployed

In Trinidad and Tobago, 3.3% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Turkey, that number is 8.5% as of 2025.

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Life

be 72.2% less likely to die during childbirth

In Trinidad and Tobago, approximately 54.0 women die from pregnancy or childbirth per 100,000 live births as of 2023. In Turkey, 15.0 women do as of 2023.

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be 52.9% less likely to die during infancy

In Trinidad and Tobago, approximately 17.0 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2024. In Turkey, on the other hand, 8.0 children do as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 43.2% less on healthcare

Trinidad and Tobago spends 7.5% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2023. In Turkey, that number is 4.3% of GDP as of 2023.

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Geography

see 19.9 times more coastline

Trinidad and Tobago has a total of 362 km of coastline. In Turkey, that number is 7,200 km.

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Safety

be 92.0% less likely to be murdered

Trinidad and Tobago has a homicide rate of 40.4 per 100,000 people as of 2022. In Turkey, that number is 3.2 per 100,000 as of 2023.

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be 30.0% more likely to die in a road accident

In Trinidad and Tobago, road accidents kill 5.0 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In Turkey, they kill 6.5 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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Infrastructure

find 13.3% less home broadband

Trinidad and Tobago has 27.0 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Turkey has 23.4 as of 2024.

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live with 2.4 times more strain on fresh water

Trinidad and Tobago withdraws 20% of its available fresh water each year as of 2022. Turkey withdraws 48% as of 2022.

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use 44.0% less electricity

Trinidad and Tobago uses 6,664 kWh of electricity per person each year as of 2023. Turkey uses 3,731 kWh as of 2024.

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Environment

emit 72.5% less CO2

Trinidad and Tobago emits 19.6 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. Turkey emits 5.4 tonnes as of 2024.

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be 95.0% more likely to die from air pollution

In Trinidad and Tobago, air pollution causes 20.0 deaths per 100,000 people as of 2019. In Turkey, it causes 39.0 as of 2019.

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Sources: World Bank (2021–2025), United Nations SDG Indicators (2019–2021), The World Factbook. How we calculate this

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Turkey: At a glance

Turkey is a sovereign country in Middle East, with a total land area of approximately 769,632 sq km. Modern Turkey was founded in 1923 from the Anatolian remnants of the defeated Ottoman Empire by national hero Mustafa KEMAL, who was later honored with the title Ataturk or "Father of the Turks." Under his leadership, the country adopted wide-ranging social, legal, and political reforms. After a period of one-party rule, an experiment with multi-party politics led to the 1950 election victory of the opposition Democratic Party and the peaceful transfer of power. Since then, Turkish political parties have multiplied, but democracy has been fractured by periods of instability and intermittent military coups (1960, 1971, 1980), which in each case eventually resulted in a return of political power to civilians. In 1997, the military again helped engineer the ouster - popularly dubbed a "post-modern coup" - of the then Islamic-oriented government. Turkey intervened militarily on Cyprus in 1974 to prevent a Greek takeover of the island and has since acted as patron state to the "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus," which only Turkey recognizes. A separatist insurgency begun in 1984 by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) - now known as the Kurdistan People's Congress or Kongra-Gel (KGK) - has dominated the Turkish military's attention and claimed more than 30,000 lives. After the capture of the group's leader in 1999, the insurgents largely withdrew from Turkey mainly to northern Iraq. In 2013, KGK and the Turkish Government agreed to a ceasefire that continues despite slow progress in ongoing peace talks. Turkey joined the UN in 1945 and in 1952 it became a member of NATO. In 1964, Turkey became an associate member of the European Community. Over the past decade, it has undertaken many reforms to strengthen its democracy and economy; it began accession membership talks with the European Union in 2005.
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