Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Economy

be 73.4% less likely to be unemployed

In Nicaragua, 6.4% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Vanuatu, that number is 1.7% as of 1999.

make 47.2% less money

Nicaragua has a GDP per capita of $5,300 as of 2020, while in Vanuatu, the GDP per capita is $2,800 as of 2020.

Life

be 63.6% less likely to die during childbirth

In Nicaragua, approximately 198.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Vanuatu, 72.0 women do as of 2017.

be 24.9% less likely to die during infancy

In Nicaragua, approximately 19.1 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.

have 30.6% more children

In Nicaragua, there are approximately 16.5 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Vanuatu, there are 21.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.

Basic Needs

be 10.9% more likely to have access to improved drinking water

In Nicaragua, approximately 83% of people have improved drinking water access (98% in urban areas, and 63% in rural areas) as of 2020. In Vanuatu, that number is 92% of people on average (100% in urban areas, and 90% in rural areas) as of 2020.

be 36.3% less likely to have access to electricity

In Nicaragua, approximately 97% of people have electricity access (99% in urban areas, and 92% in rural areas) as of 2019. In Vanuatu, that number is 62% of people on average (94% in urban areas, and 51% in rural areas) as of 2018.

be 42.2% less likely to have internet access

In Nicaragua, approximately 45.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Vanuatu, about 26.0% do as of 2019.

Expenditures

spend 32.4% less on education

Nicaragua spends 3.4% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Vanuatu spends 2.3% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

spend 59.5% less on healthcare

Nicaragua spends 8.4% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Vanuatu, that number is 3.4% of GDP as of 2019.

Geography

see 2.8 times more coastline

Nicaragua has a total of 910 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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