Quality of life comparison

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

Health

be 82.7% less likely to be obese

In Niue, 66.9% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Zambia, that number is 11.6% of people as of 2024.

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have 27.3% more access to essential health services

Niue scores 44 out of 100 on the universal health coverage index as of 2021. Zambia scores 56 as of 2021.

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Basic Needs

be 78.5% less likely to have internet access

In Niue, approximately 79.6% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Zambia, about 17.1% do as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 23.3% less on healthcare

Niue spends 7.8% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Zambia, that number is 6.0% of GDP as of 2023.

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

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Zambia: At a glance

Zambia is a sovereign country in Africa, with a total land area of approximately 743,398 sq km. The territory of Northern Rhodesia was administered by the [British] South Africa Company from 1891 until it was taken over by the UK in 1923. During the 1920s and 1930s, advances in mining spurred development and immigration. The name was changed to Zambia upon independence in 1964. In the 1980s and 1990s, declining copper prices, economic mismanagement and a prolonged drought hurt the economy. Elections in 1991 brought an end to one-party rule, but the subsequent vote in 1996 saw blatant harassment of opposition parties. The election in 2001 was marked by administrative problems with three parties filing a legal petition challenging the election of ruling party candidate Levy MWANAWASA. MWANAWASA was reelected in 2006 in an election that was deemed free and fair. Upon his abrupt death in August 2008, he was succeeded by his vice president, Rupiah BANDA, who subsequently won a special presidential by-election in October 2008. Michael SATA was elected president in September 2011.
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