Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Costa Rica instead of Niue, you would:

Health

be 51.1% less likely to be obese

In Niue, 66.9% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Costa Rica, that number is 32.7% of people as of 2024.

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have 84.1% more access to essential health services

Niue scores 44 out of 100 on the universal health coverage index as of 2021. Costa Rica scores 81 as of 2021.

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Expenditures

spend 11.9% less on healthcare

Niue spends 7.8% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Costa Rica, that number is 6.9% of GDP as of 2023.

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Geography

see 20.2 times more coastline

Niue has a total of 64 km of coastline. In Costa Rica, that number is 1,290 km.

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Sources: The World Factbook (2020), World Health Organization (2024), United Nations SDG Indicators (2021), World Bank (2023). How we calculate this

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Costa Rica: At a glance

Costa Rica is a sovereign country in Central America/Caribbean, with a total land area of approximately 51,060 sq km. Although explored by the Spanish early in the 16th century, initial attempts at colonizing Costa Rica proved unsuccessful due to a combination of factors, including disease from mosquito-infested swamps, brutal heat, resistance by natives, and pirate raids. It was not until 1563 that a permanent settlement of Cartago was established in the cooler, fertile central highlands. The area remained a colony for some two and a half centuries. In 1821, Costa Rica became one of several Central American provinces that jointly declared their independence from Spain. Two years later it joined the United Provinces of Central America, but this federation disintegrated in 1838, at which time Costa Rica proclaimed its sovereignty and independence. Since the late 19th century, only two brief periods of violence have marred the country's democratic development. In 1949, Costa Rica dissolved its armed forces. Although it still maintains a large agricultural sector, Costa Rica has expanded its economy to include strong technology and tourism industries. The standard of living is relatively high. Land ownership is widespread.
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