Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Thailand instead of Nauru, you would:

Health

live 14.3 years longer

In Nauru, the average life expectancy is 62 years (60 years for men, 64 years for women) as of 2024. In Thailand, that number is 77 years (72 years for men, 81 years for women) as of 2024.

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be 77.1% less likely to be obese

In Nauru, 71.4% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Thailand, that number is 16.4% of people as of 2024.

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have 36.7% more access to essential health services

Nauru scores 60 out of 100 on the universal health coverage index as of 2021. Thailand scores 82 as of 2021.

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see 56.9% less spent on your healthcare

Nauru spends $2,474 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Thailand spends $1,067 as of 2023.

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Economy

make 45.0% less money

Nauru has a GDP per capita of $14,640 as of 2025, while in Thailand, the GDP per capita is $8,057 as of 2025.

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Life

be 87.5% less likely to die during childbirth

In Nauru, approximately 273.0 women die from pregnancy or childbirth per 100,000 live births as of 2023. In Thailand, 34.0 women do as of 2023.

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have 66.9% fewer children

In Nauru, there are approximately 24.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Thailand, there are 8.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 56.4% less on education

Nauru spends 5.8% of its total GDP on education as of 2023. Thailand spends 2.5% of total GDP on education as of 2023.

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spend 75.1% less on healthcare

Nauru spends 18.2% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2023. In Thailand, that number is 4.5% of GDP as of 2023.

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Geography

see 107.3 times more coastline

Nauru has a total of 30 km of coastline. In Thailand, that number is 3,219 km.

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Safety

be 3.2 times more likely to die in a road accident

In Nauru, road accidents kill 8.0 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In Thailand, they kill 25.4 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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Infrastructure

find 49.5% more home broadband

Nauru has 10.0 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Thailand has 14.9 as of 2024.

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

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Thailand: At a glance

Thailand is a sovereign country in East/Southeast Asia, with a total land area of approximately 510,890 sq km. A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy. In alliance with Japan during World War II, Thailand became a US treaty ally in 1954 after sending troops to Korea and later fighting alongside the United States in Vietnam. Thailand since 2005 has experienced several rounds of political turmoil including a military coup in 2006 that ousted then Prime Minister THAKSIN Chinnawat, followed by large-scale street protests by competing political factions in 2008, 2009, and 2010. THAKSIN's youngest sister, YINGLAK Chinnawat, in 2011 led the Puea Thai Party to an electoral win and assumed control of the government. A blanket amnesty bill for individuals involved in street protests, altered at the last minute to include all political crimes - including all convictions against THAKSIN - triggered months of large-scale anti-government protests in Bangkok beginning in November 2013. In early May 2014 YINGLAK was removed from office and in late May 2014 the Royal Thai Army staged a coup against the caretaker government. Thailand has also experienced violence associated with the ethno-nationalist insurgency in Thailand's southern Malay-Muslim majority provinces. Since January 2004, thousands have been killed and wounded in the insurgency.
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