Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Greenland instead of Niue, you would:

Health

be 58.1% less likely to be obese

In Niue, 66.9% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Greenland, that number is 28.1% of people as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 12.7% less likely to have internet access

In Niue, approximately 79.6% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Greenland, about 69.5% do as of 2021.

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Geography

see 688.9 times more coastline

Niue has a total of 64 km of coastline. In Greenland, that number is 44,087 km.

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Sources: The World Factbook (2021), World Health Organization (2024). How we calculate this

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Greenland: At a glance

Greenland is a sovereign country in North America, with a total land area of approximately 2,166,086 sq km. Greenland, the world's largest island, is about 81% ice-capped. Vikings reached the island in the 10th century from Iceland; Danish colonization began in the 18th century, and Greenland was made an integral part of Denmark in 1953. It joined the European Community (now the EU) with Denmark in 1973 but withdrew in 1985 over a dispute centered on stringent fishing quotas. Greenland was granted self-government in 1979 by the Danish parliament; the law went into effect the following year. Greenland voted in favor of increased self-rule in November 2008 and acquired greater responsibility for internal affairs when the Act on Greenland Self-Government was signed into law in June 2009. Denmark, however, continues to exercise control over several policy areas on behalf of Greenland including foreign affairs, security, and financial policy in consultation with Greenland's Self-Rule Government.
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