Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Vanuatu instead of Israel, you would:
Health
live 8.2 years less
In Israel, the average life expectancy is 83 years (81 years for men, 85 years for women) as of 2022. In Vanuatu, that number is 75 years (73 years for men, 77 years for women) as of 2022.
Economy
be 61.4% less likely to be unemployed
In Israel, 4.4% of adults are unemployed as of 2020. In Vanuatu, that number is 1.7% as of 1999.
make 92.7% less money
Israel has a GDP per capita of $38,300 as of 2020, while in Vanuatu, the GDP per capita is $2,800 as of 2020.
Life
have 23.9% more children
In Israel, there are approximately 17.4 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Vanuatu, there are 21.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
be 24.0 times more likely to die during childbirth
In Israel, approximately 3.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Vanuatu, 72.0 women do as of 2017.
be 10.5% less likely to be literate
In Israel, the literacy rate is 97.8% as of 2011. In Vanuatu, it is 87.5% as of 2018.
be 4.0 times more likely to die during infancy
In Israel, approximately 3.6 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 38.2% less likely to have access to electricity
In Israel, approximately 100% of the population has electricity access as of 2020. In Vanuatu, 62% of the population do as of 2018.
be 71.1% less likely to have internet access
In Israel, approximately 90.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Vanuatu, about 26.0% do as of 2019.
Expenditures
spend 62.9% less on education
Israel spends 6.2% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Vanuatu spends 2.3% of total GDP on education as of 2020.
spend 54.7% less on healthcare
Israel spends 7.5% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Vanuatu, that number is 3.4% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 9.3 times more coastline
Israel has a total of 273 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 Israel? See an in-depth size comparison.