Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Namibia instead of Marshall Islands, you would:

Health

be 56.5% less likely to be obese

In Marshall Islands, 42.0% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Namibia, that number is 18.3% of people as of 2024.

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see 22.2% more spent on your healthcare

Marshall Islands spends $874 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Namibia spends $1,068 as of 2023.

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Economy

make 42.6% less money

Marshall Islands has a GDP per capita of $8,489 as of 2025, while in Namibia, the GDP per capita is $4,876 as of 2025.

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Life

have 28.9% more children

In Marshall Islands, there are approximately 20.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Namibia, there are 25.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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be 60.4% more likely to die during infancy

In Marshall Islands, approximately 22.7 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2024. In Namibia, on the other hand, 36.4 children do as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 43.3% less likely to have access to electricity

In Marshall Islands, approximately 100% of people have electricity access (100% in urban areas, and 100% in rural areas) as of 2023. In Namibia, that number is 57% of people on average (75% in urban areas, and 34% in rural areas) as of 2023.

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Expenditures

spend 29.3% less on healthcare

Marshall Islands spends 13.4% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2023. In Namibia, that number is 9.5% of GDP as of 2023.

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spend 17.9% more on education

Marshall Islands spends 7.7% of its total GDP on education as of 2022. Namibia spends 9.1% of total GDP on education as of 2024.

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Geography

see 4.2 times more coastline

Marshall Islands has a total of 370 km of coastline. In Namibia, that number is 1,572 km.

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Safety

be 84.9% more likely to die in a road accident

In Marshall Islands, road accidents kill 11.9 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In Namibia, they kill 22.0 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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Infrastructure

find 20.4% more home broadband

Marshall Islands has 2.4 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Namibia has 2.8 as of 2024.

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Sources: World Bank (2022–2025), World Health Organization (2024), The World Factbook, United Nations SDG Indicators (2021). How we calculate this

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Namibia: At a glance

Namibia is a sovereign country in Africa, with a total land area of approximately 823,290 sq km. South Africa occupied the German colony of South-West Africa during World War I and administered it as a mandate until after World War II, when it annexed the territory. In 1966 the Marxist South-West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) guerrilla group launched a war of independence for the area that became Namibia, but it was not until 1988 that South Africa agreed to end its administration in accordance with a UN peace plan for the entire region. Namibia has been governed by SWAPO since the country won independence in 1990. Hifikepunye POHAMBA was elected president in November 2004 in a landslide victory replacing Sam NUJOMA who led the country during its first 14 years of self rule. POHAMBA was reelected in November 2009.
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