If you lived in Vanuatu instead of Ukraine, you would:

Health

live 1.7 years longer

In Ukraine, the average life expectancy is 73 years (69 years for men, 78 years for women) as of 2022. In Vanuatu, that number is 75 years (73 years for men, 77 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

be 80.9% less likely to be unemployed

In Ukraine, 8.9% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Vanuatu, that number is 1.7% as of 1999.

make 77.4% less money

Ukraine has a GDP per capita of $12,400 as of 2020, while in Vanuatu, the GDP per capita is $2,800 as of 2020.

Life

have 2.2 times more children

In Ukraine, there are approximately 9.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2020. In Vanuatu, there are 21.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.

be 3.8 times more likely to die during childbirth

In Ukraine, approximately 19.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Vanuatu, 72.0 women do as of 2017.

be 12.3% less likely to be literate

In Ukraine, the literacy rate is 99.8% as of 2015. In Vanuatu, it is 87.5% as of 2018.

be 95.6% more likely to die during infancy

In Ukraine, approximately 7.3 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Vanuatu, on the other hand, 14.3 children do as of 2022.

Basic Needs

be 38.2% less likely to have access to electricity

In Ukraine, approximately 100% of the population has electricity access as of 2020. In Vanuatu, 62% of the population do as of 2018.

be 72.5% less likely to have internet access

In Ukraine, approximately 94.5% of the population has internet access as of 2022. In Vanuatu, about 26.0% do as of 2019.

Expenditures

spend 57.4% less on education

Ukraine spends 5.4% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Vanuatu spends 2.3% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

spend 52.1% less on healthcare

Ukraine spends 7.1% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Vanuatu, that number is 3.4% of GDP as of 2019.


The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.

Vanuatu: At a glance

Vanuatu is a sovereign country in Australia-Oceania, with a total land area of approximately 12,189 sq km. Multiple waves of colonizers, each speaking a distinct language, migrated to the New Hebrides in the millennia preceding European exploration in the 18th century. This settlement pattern accounts for the complex linguistic diversity found on the archipelago to this day. The British and French, who settled the New Hebrides in the 19th century, agreed in 1906 to an Anglo-French Condominium, which administered the islands until independence in 1980, when the new name of Vanuatu was adopted.
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