Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Economy

be 85.6% less likely to be unemployed

In Iran, 11.8% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Vanuatu, that number is 1.7% as of 1999.

make 77.4% less money

Iran has a GDP per capita of $12,400 as of 2020, while in Vanuatu, the GDP per capita is $2,800 as of 2020.

Life

have 41.3% more children

In Iran, there are approximately 15.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Vanuatu, there are 21.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.

be 4.5 times more likely to die during childbirth

In Iran, approximately 16.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Vanuatu, 72.0 women do as of 2017.

Basic Needs

be 38.2% less likely to have access to electricity

In Iran, approximately 100% of the population has electricity access as of 2020. In Vanuatu, 62% of the population do as of 2018.

be 69.0% less likely to have internet access

In Iran, approximately 84.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Vanuatu, about 26.0% do as of 2019.

Expenditures

spend 37.8% less on education

Iran spends 3.7% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Vanuatu spends 2.3% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

spend 49.3% less on healthcare

Iran spends 6.7% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Vanuatu, that number is 3.4% of GDP as of 2019.

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

Vanuatu: At a glance

Vanuatu is a sovereign country in Australia-Oceania, with a total land area of approximately 12,189 sq km. Multiple waves of colonizers, each speaking a distinct language, migrated to the New Hebrides in the millennia preceding European exploration in the 18th century. This settlement pattern accounts for the complex linguistic diversity found on the archipelago to this day. The British and French, who settled the New Hebrides in the 19th century, agreed in 1906 to an Anglo-French Condominium, which administered the islands until independence in 1980, when the new name of Vanuatu was adopted.
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