Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Vanuatu instead of Belize, you would:
Economy
be 81.1% less likely to be unemployed
In Belize, 9.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Vanuatu, that number is 1.7% as of 1999.
make 54.1% less money
Belize has a GDP per capita of $6,100 as of 2020, while in Vanuatu, the GDP per capita is $2,800 as of 2020.
Life
be 100.0% more likely to die during childbirth
In Belize, approximately 36.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Vanuatu, 72.0 women do as of 2017.
be 28.6% more likely to die during infancy
In Belize, approximately 11.2 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Vanuatu, on the other hand, 14.3 children do as of 2022.
Basic Needs
be 37.9% less likely to have access to electricity
In Belize, approximately 100% of people have electricity access (98% in urban areas, and 100% in rural areas) as of 2018. In Vanuatu, that number is 62% of people on average (94% in urban areas, and 51% in rural areas) as of 2018.
be 49.0% less likely to have internet access
In Belize, approximately 51.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Vanuatu, about 26.0% do as of 2019.
Expenditures
spend 70.9% less on education
Belize spends 7.9% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Vanuatu spends 2.3% of total GDP on education as of 2020.
spend 43.3% less on healthcare
Belize spends 6.0% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Vanuatu, that number is 3.4% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 6.5 times more coastline
Belize has a total of 386 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
How big is Vanuatu compared to Belize? See an in-depth size comparison.