Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Equatorial Guinea instead of Tuvalu, you would:
Health
be 70.5% less likely to be obese
In Tuvalu, 65.1% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Equatorial Guinea, that number is 19.2% of people as of 2024.
live 3.4 years less
In Tuvalu, the average life expectancy is 67 years (64 years for men, 71 years for women) as of 2024. In Equatorial Guinea, that number is 64 years (62 years for men, 66 years for women) as of 2024.
see 63.5% less spent on your healthcare
Tuvalu spends $1,671 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Equatorial Guinea spends $609 as of 2023.
have 88.6% fewer doctors per person
Tuvalu has 13.5 doctors per 10,000 people as of 2020. Equatorial Guinea has 1.5 as of 2022.
have 11.5% less access to essential health services
Tuvalu scores 52 out of 100 on the universal health coverage index as of 2021. Equatorial Guinea scores 46 as of 2021.
Life
have 36.5% more children
In Tuvalu, there are approximately 22.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Equatorial Guinea, there are 30.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.
be 2.9 times more 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 Equatorial Guinea, on the other hand, 47.6 children do as of 2024.
Basic Needs
be 33.1% less likely to have access to electricity
In Tuvalu, approximately 100% of people have electricity access (100% in urban areas, and 100% in rural areas) as of 2023. In Equatorial Guinea, that number is 67% of people on average (89% in urban areas, and 2% in rural areas) as of 2023.
be 22.0% less likely to have internet access
In Tuvalu, approximately 81.2% of the population has internet access as of 2022. In Equatorial Guinea, about 63.3% do as of 2024.
Expenditures
spend 87.1% less on healthcare
Tuvalu spends 27.1% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2023. In Equatorial Guinea, that number is 3.5% of GDP as of 2023.
Geography
see 12.3 times more coastline
Tuvalu has a total of 24 km of coastline. In Equatorial Guinea, that number is 296 km.
Safety
be 34.6% less likely to die in a road accident
In Tuvalu, road accidents kill 17.9 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In Equatorial Guinea, they kill 11.7 per 100,000 as of 2021.
Infrastructure
find 97.8% less home broadband
Tuvalu has 4.5 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Equatorial Guinea has 0.1 as of 2022.
Sources: World Bank (2020–2024), United Nations SDG Indicators (2021–2022), World Health Organization (2024), The World Factbook. How we calculate this
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