Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Tonga instead of Algeria, you would:

Health

be 75.9% more likely to be obese

In Algeria, 27.4% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Tonga, that number is 48.2% of people as of 2016.

Economy

be 80.5% less likely to be unemployed

In Algeria, 12.5% of adults are unemployed as of 2022. In Tonga, that number is 2.4% as of 2022.

make 45.5% less money

Algeria has a GDP per capita of $11,200 as of 2022, while in Tonga, the GDP per capita is $6,100 as of 2021.

be 4.1 times more likely to live below the poverty line

In Algeria, 5.5% live below the poverty line as of 2011. In Tonga, however, that number is 22.5% as of 2010.

Life

be 22.1% more likely to be literate

In Algeria, the literacy rate is 81.4% as of 2018. In Tonga, it is 99.4% as of 2021.

be 37.1% less likely to die during infancy

In Algeria, approximately 19.7 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Tonga, on the other hand, 12.4 children do as of 2022.

be 61.5% more likely to die during childbirth

In Algeria, approximately 78.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Tonga, 126.0 women do as of 2020.

Expenditures

spend 15.9% less on healthcare

Algeria spends 6.3% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Tonga, that number is 5.3% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 58.0% less coastline

Algeria has a total of 998 km of coastline. In Tonga, that number is 419 km.

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

Tonga: At a glance

Tonga is a sovereign country in Australia-Oceania, with a total land area of approximately 717 sq km. Tonga - unique among Pacific nations - never completely lost its indigenous governance. The archipelagos of "The Friendly Islands" were united into a Polynesian kingdom in 1845. Tonga became a constitutional monarchy in 1875 and a British protectorate in 1900; it withdrew from the protectorate and joined the Commonwealth of Nations in 1970. Tonga remains the only monarchy in the Pacific.
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