Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Economy

be 68.4% less likely to be unemployed

In Aruba, 7.7% of adults are unemployed as of 2016. In Tonga, that number is 2.4% as of 2022.

make 85.2% less money

Aruba has a GDP per capita of $41,300 as of 2022, while in Tonga, the GDP per capita is $6,100 as of 2021.

Life

have 69.8% more children

In Aruba, there are approximately 11.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Tonga, there are 19.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Basic Needs

be 30.9% less likely to have internet access

In Aruba, approximately 97.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Tonga, about 67.0% do as of 2021.

Expenditures

spend 20.0% more on education

Aruba spends 5.5% of its total GDP on education as of 2016. Tonga spends 6.6% of total GDP on education as of 2021.

Geography

see 6.1 times more coastline

Aruba has a total of 68 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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