Quality of life comparison

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

Health

be 39.4% less likely to be obese

In Niue, 66.9% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Palau, that number is 40.5% of people as of 2024.

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have 47.7% more access to essential health services

Niue scores 44 out of 100 on the universal health coverage index as of 2021. Palau scores 65 as of 2021.

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Expenditures

spend 39.1% more on healthcare

Niue spends 7.8% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Palau, that number is 10.8% of GDP as of 2023.

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Geography

see 23.7 times more coastline

Niue has a total of 64 km of coastline. In Palau, that number is 1,519 km.

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

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Palau: At a glance

Palau is a sovereign country in Australia-Oceania, with a total land area of approximately 459 sq km. After three decades as part of the UN Trust Territory of the Pacific under US administration, this westernmost cluster of the Caroline Islands opted for independence in 1978 rather than join the Federated States of Micronesia. A Compact of Free Association with the US was approved in 1986 but not ratified until 1993. It entered into force the following year when the islands gained independence.
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