Quality of life comparison
If you lived in South Carolina instead of Vanuatu, you would:
Economy
make 16.6 times more money
Vanuatu has a GDP per capita of $3,000 as of 2023, while in South Carolina, the GDP per capita is $49,914 as of 2024.
be 18.9% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Vanuatu, 15.9% live below the poverty line as of 2020. In South Carolina, however, that number is 12.9% as of 2023.
Basic Needs
be 31.8% more likely to have internet access
In Vanuatu, approximately 66.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In South Carolina, about 87.0% do as of 2023.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, US Census Bureau (American Community Survey), Bureau of Economic Analysis.
