Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Dominica instead of Fiji, you would:

Health

live 3.9 years longer

In Fiji, the average life expectancy is 74 years (72 years for men, 77 years for women) as of 2022. In Dominica, that number is 78 years (75 years for men, 81 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

be 5.0 times more likely to be unemployed

In Fiji, 4.6% of adults are unemployed as of 2022. In Dominica, that number is 23.0% as of 2000.

Life

be 12.0% more likely to die during infancy

In Fiji, approximately 10.1 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Dominica, on the other hand, 11.3 children do as of 2022.

have 16.4% fewer children

In Fiji, there are approximately 15.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Dominica, there are 13.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Expenditures

spend 50.0% more on healthcare

Fiji spends 3.8% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Dominica, that number is 5.7% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 86.9% less coastline

Fiji has a total of 1,129 km of coastline. In Dominica, that number is 148 km.

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

Dominica: At a glance

Dominica is a sovereign country in Central America/Caribbean, with a total land area of approximately 751 sq km. Dominica was the last of the Caribbean islands to be colonized by Europeans due chiefly to the fierce resistance of the native Caribs. France ceded possession to Great Britain in 1763, which made the island a colony in 1805. In 1980, two years after independence, Dominica's fortunes improved when a corrupt and tyrannical administration was replaced by that of Mary Eugenia CHARLES, the first female prime minister in the Caribbean, who remained in office for 15 years. Some 3,000 Carib Indians still living on Dominica are the only pre-Columbian population remaining in the eastern Caribbean.
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