Quality of life comparison

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

Health

be 2.0 times more likely to be obese

In Maryland, 33.4% of adults are obese as of 2022. In Niue, that number is 66.9% of people as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 13.1% less likely to have internet access

In Maryland, approximately 91.6% of the population has internet access as of 2023. In Niue, about 79.6% do as of 2021.

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Sources: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (PLACES) (2022), World Health Organization (2024), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023), The World Factbook (2021). How we calculate this

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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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