Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Economy

be 38.3% less likely to be unemployed

In Belize, 8.3% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Vanuatu, that number is 5.1% as of 2023.

be 61.2% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Belize, 41.0% live below the poverty line as of 2013. In Vanuatu, however, that number is 15.9% as of 2020.

make 76.6% less money

Belize has a GDP per capita of $12,800 as of 2023, while in Vanuatu, the GDP per capita is $3,000 as of 2023.

Life

be 27.7% less likely to die during childbirth

In Belize, approximately 130.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Vanuatu, 94.0 women do as of 2020.

have 17.5% more children

In Belize, there are approximately 17.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Vanuatu, there are 20.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

be 28.6% more likely to die during infancy

In Belize, approximately 11.2 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.

Basic Needs

be 29.0% less likely to have access to electricity

In Belize, approximately 99% of people have electricity access (98% in urban areas, and 97% 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 73.6% less on education

Belize spends 8.7% of its total GDP on education as of 2021. Vanuatu spends 2.3% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

spend 42.0% less on healthcare

Belize spends 6.9% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Vanuatu, that number is 4.0% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 6.5 times more coastline

Belize has a total of 386 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.
Read more

How big is Vanuatu compared to Belize? See an in-depth size comparison.

Share this

ASK THE ELSEWHERE COMMUNITY

Join the Elsewhere community and ask a question about Vanuatu.or Belize It's a free, question-and-answer based forum to discuss what life is like in countries and cities around the world.