Quality of life comparison

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

Health

be 72.7% less likely to be obese

In Niue, 66.9% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Namibia, that number is 18.3% of people as of 2024.

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have 43.2% more access to essential health services

Niue scores 44 out of 100 on the universal health coverage index as of 2021. Namibia scores 63 as of 2021.

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Basic Needs

be 18.5% less likely to have internet access

In Niue, approximately 79.6% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Namibia, about 64.9% do as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 21.5% more on healthcare

Niue spends 7.8% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Namibia, that number is 9.5% of GDP as of 2023.

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Geography

see 24.6 times more coastline

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

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Sources: The World Factbook (2020–2021), World Health Organization (2024), United Nations SDG Indicators (2021), World Bank (2023–2024). How we calculate this

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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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