Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 1.2 years longer

In Greenland, the average life expectancy is 74 years (71 years for men, 77 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 44.0% less likely to be unemployed

In Greenland, 9.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2015. In Vanuatu, that number is 5.1% as of 2023.

make 95.6% less money

Greenland has a GDP per capita of $68,100 as of 2021, while in Vanuatu, the GDP per capita is $3,000 as of 2023.

Life

have 54.1% more children

In Greenland, there are approximately 13.5 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Vanuatu, there are 20.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

be 10.9% less likely to be literate

In Greenland, the literacy rate is 100.0% as of 2015. In Vanuatu, it is 89.1% as of 2021.

be 63.9% more likely to die during infancy

In Greenland, approximately 8.8 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 30.0% less likely to have access to electricity

In Greenland, approximately 100% of the population has electricity access as of 2022. In Vanuatu, 70% of the population do as of 2022.

Expenditures

spend 77.5% less on education

Greenland spends 10.2% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Vanuatu spends 2.3% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

Geography

see 94.3% less coastline

Greenland has a total of 44,087 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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