Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Guernsey instead of Vanuatu, you would:
Health
live 11.6 years longer
In Vanuatu, the average life expectancy is 72 years (70 years for men, 74 years for women) as of 2024. In Guernsey, that number is 83 years (81 years for men, 86 years for women) as of 2022.
Economy
be 17.9% more likely to be unemployed
In Vanuatu, 5.1% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Guernsey, that number is 6.0% as of 2023.
Life
be 76.7% less likely to die during infancy
In Vanuatu, approximately 14.4 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2024. In Guernsey, on the other hand, 3.4 children do as of 2022.
have 64.9% fewer children
In Vanuatu, there are approximately 27.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Guernsey, there are 9.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.
Basic Needs
be 62.3% more likely to have access to electricity
In Vanuatu, approximately 62% of the population has electricity access as of 2023. In Guernsey, 100% of the population do as of 2022.
be 23.9% more likely to have internet access
In Vanuatu, approximately 69.9% of the population has internet access as of 2022. In Guernsey, about 86.6% do as of 2021.
Geography
see 98.0% less coastline
Vanuatu has a total of 2,528 km of coastline. In Guernsey, that number is 50 km.
Sources: The World Factbook (2021–2024), World Bank (2023–2025), United Nations SDG Indicators (2022). How we calculate this
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