Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Fiji instead of Greenland, you would:
Economy
be 50.5% less likely to be unemployed
In Greenland, 9.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2015. In Fiji, that number is 4.5% as of 2017.
make 73.7% less money
Greenland has a GDP per capita of $41,800 as of 2015, while in Fiji, the GDP per capita is $11,000 as of 2020.
be 84.6% more likely to live below the poverty line
In Greenland, 16.2% live below the poverty line as of 2015. In Fiji, however, that number is 29.9% as of 2019.
Life
have 20.1% more children
In Greenland, there are approximately 13.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Fiji, there are 16.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
be 15.0% more likely to die during infancy
In Greenland, approximately 8.8 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Fiji, on the other hand, 10.1 children do as of 2022.
Basic Needs
be 28.6% less likely to have internet access
In Greenland, approximately 70.0% of the population has internet access as of 2019. In Fiji, about 50.0% do as of 2019.
Expenditures
spend 51.9% less on education
Greenland spends 10.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Fiji spends 5.1% of total GDP on education as of 2019.
Geography
see 97.4% less coastline
Greenland has a total of 44,087 km of coastline. In Fiji, that number is 1,129 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Fiji: At a glance
How big is Fiji compared to Greenland? See an in-depth size comparison.