Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Economy

be 69.6% less likely to be unemployed

In Montserrat, 5.6% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Vanuatu, that number is 1.7% as of 1999.

make 91.8% less money

Montserrat has a GDP per capita of $34,000 as of 2011, while in Vanuatu, the GDP per capita is $2,800 as of 2020.

Life

have 97.9% more children

In Montserrat, there are approximately 10.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Vanuatu, there are 21.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.

be 38.4% more likely to die during infancy

In Montserrat, approximately 10.4 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 52.7% less likely to have internet access

In Montserrat, approximately 55.0% of the population has internet access as of 2019. In Vanuatu, about 26.0% do as of 2019.

Expenditures

spend 74.7% less on education

Montserrat spends 9.1% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Vanuatu spends 2.3% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

Geography

see 63.2 times more coastline

Montserrat has a total of 40 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

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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