Quality of life comparison

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

Economy

make 86.8% less money

California has a GDP per capita of $84,028 as of 2024, while in Niue, the GDP per capita is $11,100 as of 2021.

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Basic Needs

be 14.0% less likely to have internet access

In California, approximately 92.6% of the population has internet access as of 2023. In Niue, about 79.6% do as of 2021.

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The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, US Census Bureau (American Community Survey), Bureau of Economic Analysis.

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Niue: At a glance

Niue is a sovereign country in Australia-Oceania, with a total land area of approximately 260 sq km. Niue's remoteness, as well as cultural and linguistic differences between its Polynesian inhabitants and those of the adjacent Cook Islands, has caused it to be separately administered by New Zealand. The population of the island continues to drop (from a peak of 5,200 in 1966 to an estimated 1,229 in 2013) with substantial emigration to New Zealand 2,400 km to the southwest.
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