Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Cabo Verde instead of Tuvalu, you would:
Health
live 9.0 years longer
In Tuvalu, the average life expectancy is 67 years (64 years for men, 71 years for women) as of 2024. In Cabo Verde, that number is 76 years (73 years for men, 79 years for women) as of 2024.
be 74.3% less likely to be obese
In Tuvalu, 65.1% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Cabo Verde, that number is 16.7% of people as of 2024.
have 36.5% more access to essential health services
Tuvalu scores 52 out of 100 on the universal health coverage index as of 2021. Cabo Verde scores 71 as of 2021.
see 63.1% less spent on your healthcare
Tuvalu spends $1,671 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Cabo Verde spends $617 as of 2023.
have 45.8% fewer doctors per person
Tuvalu has 13.5 doctors per 10,000 people as of 2020. Cabo Verde has 7.3 as of 2023.
Life
be 76.5% less likely to die during childbirth
In Tuvalu, approximately 170.0 women die from pregnancy or childbirth per 100,000 live births as of 2023. In Cabo Verde, 40.0 women do as of 2023.
be 35.8% less likely to die during infancy
In Tuvalu, approximately 16.5 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2024. In Cabo Verde, on the other hand, 10.6 children do as of 2024.
be 11.5% less likely to be literate
In Tuvalu, the literacy rate is 100.0% as of 2022. In Cabo Verde, it is 88.5% as of 2024.
have 44.4% fewer children
In Tuvalu, there are approximately 22.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Cabo Verde, there are 12.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.
Expenditures
spend 66.1% less on education
Tuvalu spends 12.8% of its total GDP on education as of 2023. Cabo Verde spends 4.3% of total GDP on education as of 2023.
spend 78.4% less on healthcare
Tuvalu spends 27.1% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2023. In Cabo Verde, that number is 5.8% of GDP as of 2023.
Geography
see 40.2 times more coastline
Tuvalu has a total of 24 km of coastline. In Cabo Verde, that number is 965 km.
Infrastructure
find 83.8% more home broadband
Tuvalu has 4.5 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Cabo Verde has 8.3 as of 2024.
Sources: World Bank (2020–2024), World Health Organization (2024), United Nations SDG Indicators (2021), The World Factbook. How we calculate this
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