Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Iceland instead of Niue, you would:
Health
be 56.2% less likely to be obese
In Niue, 50.0% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Iceland, that number is 21.9% of people as of 2016.
Economy
make 9.0 times more money
Niue has a GDP per capita of $5,800 as of 2003, while in Iceland, the GDP per capita is $52,300 as of 2020.
be 69.8% less likely to be unemployed
In Niue, 12.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2001. In Iceland, that number is 3.6% as of 2019.
Basic Needs
be 23.8% more likely to have internet access
In Niue, approximately 80.0% of the population has internet access as of 2019. In Iceland, about 99.0% do as of 2020.
Expenditures
spend 62.3% more on healthcare
Niue spends 5.3% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Iceland, that number is 8.6% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 77.7 times more coastline
Niue has a total of 64 km of coastline. In Iceland, that number is 4,970 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Iceland: At a glance
How big is Iceland compared to Niue? See an in-depth size comparison.