If you lived in Niue instead of French Polynesia, you would:

Economy

be 45.0% less likely to be unemployed

In French Polynesia, 21.8% of adults are unemployed as of 2012. In Niue, that number is 12.0% as of 2001.

make 65.9% less money

French Polynesia has a GDP per capita of $17,000 as of 2015, while in Niue, the GDP per capita is $5,800 as of 2003.

Geography

see 97.5% less coastline

French Polynesia has a total of 2,525 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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