Quality of life comparison

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

Health

be 70.1% more likely to be obese

In Canada, 29.4% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Niue, that number is 50.0% of people as of 2016.

Economy

make 87.4% less money

Canada has a GDP per capita of $45,900 as of 2020, while in Niue, the GDP per capita is $5,800 as of 2003.

be 2.1 times more likely to be unemployed

In Canada, 5.7% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Niue, that number is 12.0% as of 2001.

Basic Needs

be 17.5% less likely to have internet access

In Canada, approximately 97.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Niue, about 80.0% do as of 2019.

Expenditures

spend 50.9% less on healthcare

Canada spends 10.8% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Niue, that number is 5.3% of GDP as of 2019.

Geography

see 100.0% less coastline

Canada has a total of 202,080 km of coastline. In Niue, that number is 64 km.

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

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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