Quality of life comparison

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

Health

be 74.6% less likely to be obese

In Niue, 66.9% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Singapore, that number is 17.0% of people as of 2024.

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have 2.0 times more access to essential health services

Niue scores 44 out of 100 on the universal health coverage index as of 2021. Singapore scores 89 as of 2021.

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Basic Needs

be 18.6% more likely to have internet access

In Niue, approximately 79.6% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Singapore, about 94.4% do as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 42.4% less on healthcare

Niue spends 7.8% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Singapore, that number is 4.5% of GDP as of 2023.

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Geography

see 3.0 times more coastline

Niue has a total of 64 km of coastline. In Singapore, that number is 193 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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Singapore: At a glance

Singapore is a sovereign country in East/Southeast Asia, with a total land area of approximately 709 sq km. Singapore was founded as a British trading colony in 1819. It joined the Malaysian Federation in 1963 but separated two years later and became independent. Singapore subsequently became one of the world's most prosperous countries with strong international trading links (its port is one of the world's busiest in terms of tonnage handled) and with per capita GDP equal to that of the leading nations of Western Europe.
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