Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Jersey instead of Nigeria, you would:
Health
live 28.0 years longer
In Nigeria, the average life expectancy is 55 years (54 years for men, 55 years for women) as of 2024. In Jersey, that number is 83 years (80 years for men, 85 years for women) as of 2022.
Economy
be 95.4% more likely to be unemployed
In Nigeria, 3.1% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Jersey, that number is 6.0% as of 2023.
Life
be 94.5% less likely to die during infancy
In Nigeria, approximately 69.8 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2024. In Jersey, on the other hand, 3.9 children do as of 2022.
have 62.4% fewer children
In Nigeria, there are approximately 32.5 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Jersey, there are 12.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.
Basic Needs
be 63.4% more likely to have access to electricity
In Nigeria, approximately 61% of the population has electricity access as of 2023. In Jersey, 100% of the population do as of 2022.
be 2.3 times more likely to have internet access
In Nigeria, approximately 41.2% of the population has internet access as of 2024. In Jersey, about 93.0% do as of 2021.
Geography
see 91.8% less coastline
Nigeria has a total of 853 km of coastline. In Jersey, that number is 70 km.
Sources: The World Factbook (2021–2024), World Bank (2023–2025). How we calculate this
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Jersey: At a glance
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