Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 2.9 years less

In Algeria, the average life expectancy is 78 years (77 years for men, 80 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 56.8% less likely to be unemployed

In Algeria, 11.8% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Vanuatu, that number is 5.1% as of 2023.

make 80.4% less money

Algeria has a GDP per capita of $15,300 as of 2023, while in Vanuatu, the GDP per capita is $3,000 as of 2023.

be 2.9 times more likely to live below the poverty line

In Algeria, 5.5% live below the poverty line as of 2011. In Vanuatu, however, that number is 15.9% as of 2020.

Life

be 27.3% less likely to die during infancy

In Algeria, approximately 19.7 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.

be 20.5% more likely to die during childbirth

In Algeria, approximately 78.0 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 Algeria, approximately 100% of people have electricity access (100% in urban areas, and 99% in rural areas) as of 2022. In Vanuatu, that number is 70% of people on average (97% in urban areas, and 61% in rural areas) as of 2022.

Expenditures

spend 67.1% less on education

Algeria spends 7.0% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Vanuatu spends 2.3% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

spend 36.5% less on healthcare

Algeria spends 6.3% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Vanuatu, that number is 4.0% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 2.5 times more coastline

Algeria has a total of 998 km of coastline. In Vanuatu, that number is 2,528 km.

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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