Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Dominica instead of New Caledonia, you would:

Economy

make 55.5% less money

New Caledonia has a GDP per capita of $35,700 as of 2021, while in Dominica, the GDP per capita is $15,900 as of 2023.

be 2.0 times more likely to be unemployed

In New Caledonia, 11.2% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Dominica, that number is 23.0% as of 2000.

be 70.6% more likely to live below the poverty line

In New Caledonia, 17.0% live below the poverty line as of 2008. In Dominica, however, that number is 29.0% as of 2009.

Life

be 2.3 times more likely to die during infancy

In New Caledonia, approximately 5.0 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2020. In Dominica, on the other hand, 11.3 children do as of 2022.

Geography

see 93.4% less coastline

New Caledonia has a total of 2,254 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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