Quality of life comparison

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

Health

be 66.6% less likely to be obese

In Niue, 66.9% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Latvia, that number is 22.3% of people as of 2024.

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have 70.5% more access to essential health services

Niue scores 44 out of 100 on the universal health coverage index as of 2021. Latvia scores 75 as of 2021.

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Basic Needs

be 16.5% more likely to have internet access

In Niue, approximately 79.6% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Latvia, about 92.7% do as of 2024.

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Geography

see 7.8 times more coastline

Niue has a total of 64 km of coastline. In Latvia, that number is 498 km.

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

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Latvia: At a glance

Latvia is a sovereign country in Europe, with a total land area of approximately 62,249 sq km. The name "Latvia" originates from the ancient Latgalians, one of four eastern Baltic tribes that formed the ethnic core of the Latvian people (ca. 8th-12th centuries A.D.). The region subsequently came under the control of Germans, Poles, Swedes, and finally, Russians. A Latvian republic emerged following World War I, but it was annexed by the USSR in 1940 - an action never recognized by the US and many other countries. Latvia reestablished its independence in 1991 following the breakup of the Soviet Union. Although the last Russian troops left in 1994, the status of the Russian minority (some 28% of the population) remains of concern to Moscow. Latvia acceded to both NATO and the EU in the spring of 2004; it joined the eurozone in 2014.
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