Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Costa Rica instead of Niue, you would:
Health
be 48.6% less likely to be obese
In Niue, 50.0% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Costa Rica, that number is 25.7% of people as of 2016.
Economy
make 3.4 times more money
Niue has a GDP per capita of $5,800 as of 2003, while in Costa Rica, the GDP per capita is $19,700 as of 2020.
be 32.5% less likely to be unemployed
In Niue, 12.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2001. In Costa Rica, that number is 8.1% as of 2017.
Expenditures
spend 37.7% more on healthcare
Niue spends 5.3% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Costa Rica, that number is 7.3% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 20.2 times more coastline
Niue has a total of 64 km of coastline. In Costa Rica, that number is 1,290 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Costa Rica: At a glance
How big is Costa Rica compared to Niue? See an in-depth size comparison.