Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Economy

be 40.8% less likely to be unemployed

In Iran, 8.8% of adults are unemployed as of 2022. In Vanuatu, that number is 5.2% as of 2022.

be 15.0% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Iran, 18.7% live below the poverty line as of 2007. In Vanuatu, however, that number is 15.9% as of 2019.

make 81.9% less money

Iran has a GDP per capita of $15,500 as of 2022, while in Vanuatu, the GDP per capita is $2,800 as of 2022.

Life

have 45.5% more children

In Iran, there are approximately 14.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Vanuatu, there are 20.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

be 4.3 times more likely to die during childbirth

In Iran, approximately 22.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Vanuatu, 94.0 women do as of 2020.

Basic Needs

be 30.0% less likely to have access to electricity

In Iran, approximately 100% of the population has electricity access as of 2021. In Vanuatu, 70% of the population do as of 2021.

be 16.5% less likely to have internet access

In Iran, approximately 79.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Vanuatu, about 66.0% do as of 2021.

Expenditures

spend 36.1% less on education

Iran spends 3.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Vanuatu spends 2.3% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

spend 24.5% less on healthcare

Iran spends 5.3% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Vanuatu, that number is 4.0% of GDP as of 2020.

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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