Sao Tome and Principe or Tuvalu: which is better?

Country: head-to-head comparison

Winner
Sao Tome and Principe
6
indicators ahead
Tuvalu
4
indicators ahead

Sao Tome and Principe wins on more indicators: 6 of 11 against 4.

  • Safety and trust: tie 0:0
  • Costs and work: Tuvalu 0:1
  • Climate and health: Sao Tome and Principe 6:1
  • Law and institutions: Tuvalu 0:2

All indicators weigh the same. This is a score based on data, not advice on where to live: different people have different circumstances.

Sao Tome and Principe
Tuvalu

Safety and trust

Tie (0 : 0)
Organized violence
tie
0.00 deaths per 100,000 residents, 2022–2024
2022–2024
0.00 deaths per 100,000 residents, 2022–2024
2022–2024
Homicides
observation is outdated
periods differ
3.2 per 100,000 residents
2011
0.0 per 100,000 residents
2019

Costs and work

Better: Tuvalu (0 : 1)
GDP per capita
higher is better
✗$6,388
20255% lower
✓$6,759
20256% higher

Climate and health

Better: Sao Tome and Principe (6 : 1)
Life expectancy
higher is better
✓69.9 years
20244% higher
✗67.3 years
20244% lower
Life expectancy: men
higher is better
✓66.4 years
20244% higher
✗63.9 years
20244% lower
Life expectancy: women
higher is better
✓73.9 years
20244% higher
✗70.9 years
20244% lower
Median age at death
higher is better
✓73.6 years
20233% higher
✗71.5 years
20233% lower
Infant survival
higher is better
✓99.08%
2024almost equal
98.35%
2024almost equal
Survival of children under 5
higher is better
✓98.64%
2024almost equal
98.08%
2024almost equal
Air (PM2.5)
lower is better
✗15.1 µg/m³ per year
2023190% higher
✓5.2 µg/m³ per year
202366% lower

Law and institutions

Better: Tuvalu (0 : 2)
Rule of law
higher is better
✗-0.45 WGI index, from −2.5 to 2.5
2025
✓1.35 WGI index, from −2.5 to 2.5
2025
Control of corruption
higher is better
✗0.13 WGI index, from −2.5 to 2.5
202578% lower
✓0.58 WGI index, from −2.5 to 2.5
2025346% higher

A winner is named only for indicators with a known “better / worse” direction. Population and other neutral indicators are shown without a winner. Outdated and missing values are not counted. Details for each place: Sao Tome and Principe, Tuvalu.

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