Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Economy

make 2.2 times more money

Vanuatu has a GDP per capita of $2,800 as of 2020, while in Belize, the GDP per capita is $6,100 as of 2020.

be 5.3 times more likely to be unemployed

In Vanuatu, 1.7% of adults are unemployed as of 1999. In Belize, that number is 9.0% as of 2017.

Life

be 50.0% less likely to die during childbirth

In Vanuatu, approximately 72.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Belize, 36.0 women do as of 2017.

be 22.2% less likely to die during infancy

In Vanuatu, approximately 14.3 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Belize, on the other hand, 11.2 children do as of 2022.

Basic Needs

be 61.0% more likely to have access to electricity

In Vanuatu, approximately 62% of people have electricity access (94% in urban areas, and 51% in rural areas) as of 2018. In Belize, that number is 100% of people on average (98% in urban areas, and 100% in rural areas) as of 2018.

be 96.2% more likely to have internet access

In Vanuatu, approximately 26.0% of the population has internet access as of 2019. In Belize, about 51.0% do as of 2020.

Expenditures

spend 3.4 times more on education

Vanuatu spends 2.3% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Belize spends 7.9% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

spend 76.5% more on healthcare

Vanuatu spends 3.4% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Belize, that number is 6.0% of GDP as of 2019.

Geography

see 84.7% less coastline

Vanuatu has a total of 2,528 km of coastline. In Belize, that number is 386 km.

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

Belize: At a glance

Belize is a sovereign country in Central America/Caribbean, with a total land area of approximately 22,806 sq km. Belize was the site of several Mayan city states until their decline at the end of the first millennium A.D. The British and Spanish disputed the region in the 17th and 18th centuries; it formally became the colony of British Honduras in 1854. Territorial disputes between the UK and Guatemala delayed the independence of Belize until 1981. Guatemala refused to recognize the new nation until 1992 and the two countries are involved in an ongoing border dispute. Tourism has become the mainstay of the economy. Current concerns include the country's heavy foreign debt burden, high unemployment, growing involvement in the Mexican and South American drug trade, high crime rates, and one of the highest HIV/AIDS prevalence rates in Central America.
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