Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Vanuatu instead of Niue, you would:

Health

be 49.6% less likely to be obese

In Niue, 50.0% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Vanuatu, that number is 25.2% of people as of 2016.

Economy

be 85.8% less likely to be unemployed

In Niue, 12.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2001. In Vanuatu, that number is 1.7% as of 1999.

make 51.7% less money

Niue has a GDP per capita of $5,800 as of 2003, while in Vanuatu, the GDP per capita is $2,800 as of 2020.

Basic Needs

be 67.5% less likely to have internet access

In Niue, approximately 80.0% of the population has internet access as of 2019. In Vanuatu, about 26.0% do as of 2019.

Expenditures

spend 35.8% less on healthcare

Niue spends 5.3% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Vanuatu, that number is 3.4% of GDP as of 2019.

Geography

see 39.5 times more coastline

Niue has a total of 64 km of coastline. In Vanuatu, that number is 2,528 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.

Vanuatu: At a glance

Vanuatu is a sovereign country in Australia-Oceania, with a total land area of approximately 12,189 sq km. Multiple waves of colonizers, each speaking a distinct language, migrated to the New Hebrides in the millennia preceding European exploration in the 18th century. This settlement pattern accounts for the complex linguistic diversity found on the archipelago to this day. The British and French, who settled the New Hebrides in the 19th century, agreed in 1906 to an Anglo-French Condominium, which administered the islands until independence in 1980, when the new name of Vanuatu was adopted.
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