Quality of life comparison

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

Health

have 36.4% more access to essential health services

Niue scores 44 out of 100 on the universal health coverage index as of 2021. Nauru scores 60 as of 2021.

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Expenditures

spend 2.3 times more on healthcare

Niue spends 7.8% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Nauru, that number is 18.2% of GDP as of 2023.

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Geography

see 53.1% less coastline

Niue has a total of 64 km of coastline. In Nauru, that number is 30 km.

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

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Nauru: At a glance

Nauru is a sovereign country in Australia-Oceania, with a total land area of approximately 21 sq km. The exact origins of the Nauruans are unclear since their language does not resemble any other in the Pacific region. Germany annexed the island in 1888. A German-British consortium began mining the island's phosphate deposits early in the 20th century. Australian forces occupied Nauru in World War I; it subsequently became a League of Nations mandate. After the Second World War - and a brutal occupation by Japan - Nauru became a UN trust territory. It achieved independence in 1968 and joined the UN in 1999 as the world's smallest independent republic.
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