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

Health

live 4.2 years longer

In Venezuela, the average life expectancy is 73 years (70 years for men, 77 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 88.3% more likely to be obese

In Venezuela, 25.6% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Tonga, that number is 48.2% of people as of 2016.

Economy

be 56.8% less likely to be unemployed

In Venezuela, 5.6% of adults are unemployed as of 2022. In Tonga, that number is 2.4% as of 2022.

make 20.8% less money

Venezuela has a GDP per capita of $7,704 as of 2018, while in Tonga, the GDP per capita is $6,100 as of 2021.

be 14.2% more likely to live below the poverty line

In Venezuela, 19.7% live below the poverty line as of 2015. In Tonga, however, that number is 22.5% as of 2010.

Life

be 51.4% less likely to die during childbirth

In Venezuela, approximately 259.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Tonga, 126.0 women do as of 2020.

be 30.0% less likely to die during infancy

In Venezuela, approximately 17.7 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.

have 18.0% more children

In Venezuela, there are approximately 16.7 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 14.9% less likely to have internet access

In Venezuela, approximately 78.7% of the population has internet access as of 2022. In Tonga, about 67.0% do as of 2021.

Expenditures

spend 5.1 times more on education

Venezuela spends 1.3% of its total GDP on education as of 2017. Tonga spends 6.6% of total GDP on education as of 2021.

spend 39.5% more on healthcare

Venezuela spends 3.8% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Tonga, that number is 5.3% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 85.0% less coastline

Venezuela has a total of 2,800 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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