Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

be 65.6% less likely to be obese

In Niue, 50.0% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Namibia, that number is 17.2% of people as of 2016.

Economy

make 53.4% more money

Niue has a GDP per capita of $5,800 as of 2003, while in Namibia, the GDP per capita is $8,900 as of 2020.

be 2.8 times more likely to be unemployed

In Niue, 12.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2001. In Namibia, that number is 34.0% as of 2016.

Basic Needs

be 48.8% less likely to have internet access

In Niue, approximately 80.0% of the population has internet access as of 2019. In Namibia, about 41.0% do as of 2020.

Expenditures

spend 60.4% more on healthcare

Niue spends 5.3% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Namibia, that number is 8.5% of GDP as of 2019.

Geography

see 24.6 times more coastline

Niue has a total of 64 km of coastline. In Namibia, that number is 1,572 km.

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

Namibia: At a glance

Namibia is a sovereign country in Africa, with a total land area of approximately 823,290 sq km. South Africa occupied the German colony of South-West Africa during World War I and administered it as a mandate until after World War II, when it annexed the territory. In 1966 the Marxist South-West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) guerrilla group launched a war of independence for the area that became Namibia, but it was not until 1988 that South Africa agreed to end its administration in accordance with a UN peace plan for the entire region. Namibia has been governed by SWAPO since the country won independence in 1990. Hifikepunye POHAMBA was elected president in November 2004 in a landslide victory replacing Sam NUJOMA who led the country during its first 14 years of self rule. POHAMBA was reelected in November 2009.
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