Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Namibia instead of Tunisia, you would:

Health

be 36.1% less likely to be obese

In Tunisia, 26.9% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Namibia, that number is 17.2% of people as of 2016.

be 116.0 times more likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Tunisia, 0.1% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Namibia, that number is 11.6% of people as of 2020.

live 10.3 years less

In Tunisia, the average life expectancy is 77 years (75 years for men, 79 years for women) as of 2022. In Namibia, that number is 66 years (64 years for men, 69 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

be 2.2 times more likely to be unemployed

In Tunisia, 15.5% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Namibia, that number is 34.0% as of 2016.

be 14.5% more likely to live below the poverty line

In Tunisia, 15.2% live below the poverty line as of 2015. In Namibia, however, that number is 17.4% as of 2015.

Life

be 11.9% more likely to be literate

In Tunisia, the literacy rate is 81.8% as of 2015. In Namibia, it is 91.5% as of 2018.

have 71.1% more children

In Tunisia, there are approximately 14.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Namibia, there are 25.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.

be 4.5 times more likely to die during childbirth

In Tunisia, approximately 43.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Namibia, 195.0 women do as of 2017.

be 2.5 times more likely to die during infancy

In Tunisia, approximately 11.9 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Namibia, on the other hand, 29.4 children do as of 2022.

Basic Needs

be 43.0% less likely to have access to electricity

In Tunisia, approximately 100% of the population has electricity access as of 2020. In Namibia, 57% of the population do as of 2019.

be 43.1% less likely to have internet access

In Tunisia, approximately 72.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Namibia, about 41.0% do as of 2020.

Expenditures

spend 28.8% more on education

Tunisia spends 7.3% of its total GDP on education as of 2016. Namibia spends 9.4% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

spend 21.4% more on healthcare

Tunisia spends 7.0% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Namibia, that number is 8.5% of GDP as of 2019.

Geography

see 36.9% more coastline

Tunisia has a total of 1,148 km of coastline. In Namibia, that number is 1,572 km.

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

Namibia: At a glance

Namibia is a sovereign country in Africa, with a total land area of approximately 823,290 sq km. South Africa occupied the German colony of South-West Africa during World War I and administered it as a mandate until after World War II, when it annexed the territory. In 1966 the Marxist South-West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) guerrilla group launched a war of independence for the area that became Namibia, but it was not until 1988 that South Africa agreed to end its administration in accordance with a UN peace plan for the entire region. Namibia has been governed by SWAPO since the country won independence in 1990. Hifikepunye POHAMBA was elected president in November 2004 in a landslide victory replacing Sam NUJOMA who led the country during its first 14 years of self rule. POHAMBA was reelected in November 2009.
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