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

Health

live 2.1 years less

In Cuba, the average life expectancy is 80 years (77 years for men, 82 years for women) as of 2022. In Tonga, that number is 78 years (76 years for men, 79 years for women) as of 2022.

be 95.9% more likely to be obese

In Cuba, 24.6% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Tonga, that number is 48.2% of people as of 2016.

Economy

make 50.4% less money

Cuba has a GDP per capita of $12,300 as of 2016, while in Tonga, the GDP per capita is $6,100 as of 2021.

be 94.4% more likely to be unemployed

In Cuba, 1.2% of adults are unemployed as of 2022. In Tonga, that number is 2.4% as of 2022.

Life

have 99.0% more children

In Cuba, there are approximately 9.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Tonga, there are 19.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

be 3.2 times more likely to die during childbirth

In Cuba, approximately 39.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Tonga, 126.0 women do as of 2020.

be 3.0 times more likely to die during infancy

In Cuba, approximately 4.1 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.

Expenditures

spend 48.4% less on education

Cuba spends 12.8% of its total GDP on education as of 2010. Tonga spends 6.6% of total GDP on education as of 2021.

spend 57.6% less on healthcare

Cuba spends 12.5% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Tonga, that number is 5.3% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 88.8% less coastline

Cuba has a total of 3,735 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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