Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

be 66.8% less likely to be obese

In Niue, 50.0% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Lesotho, that number is 16.6% of people as of 2016.

Economy

make 60.3% less money

Niue has a GDP per capita of $5,800 as of 2003, while in Lesotho, the GDP per capita is $2,300 as of 2020.

be 2.3 times more likely to be unemployed

In Niue, 12.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2001. In Lesotho, that number is 28.1% as of 2014.

Basic Needs

be 46.2% less likely to have internet access

In Niue, approximately 80.0% of the population has internet access as of 2019. In Lesotho, about 43.0% do as of 2020.

be 14.8% less likely to have access to improved drinking water

In Niue, approximately 97% of people have improved drinking water access as of 2020. In Lesotho, 83% of people do as of 2020.

Expenditures

spend 2.1 times more on healthcare

Niue spends 5.3% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Lesotho, that number is 11.3% of GDP as of 2019.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.

Lesotho: At a glance

Lesotho is a sovereign country in Africa, with a total land area of approximately 30,355 sq km. Basutoland was renamed the Kingdom of Lesotho upon independence from the UK in 1966. The Basuto National Party ruled the country during its first two decades. King MOSHOESHOE was exiled in 1990, but returned to Lesotho in 1992 and was reinstated in 1995 and subsequently succeeded by his son, King LETSIE III, in 1996. Constitutional government was restored in 1993 after seven years of military rule. In 1998, violent protests and a military mutiny following a contentious election prompted a brief but bloody intervention by South African and Batswana military forces under the aegis of the Southern African Development Community. Subsequent constitutional reforms restored relative political stability. Peaceful parliamentary elections were held in 2002, but the National Assembly elections of February 2007 were hotly contested and aggrieved parties disputed how the electoral law was applied to award proportional seats in the Assembly. In May 2012, competitive elections involving 18 parties saw Prime Minister Motsoahae Thomas THABANE form a coalition government - the first in the country's history - that ousted the 14-year incumbent, Pakalitha MOSISILI, who peacefully transferred power the following month.
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