Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Antigua and Barbuda instead of Niue, you would:

Health

be 62.2% less likely to be obese

In Niue, 50.0% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Antigua and Barbuda, that number is 18.9% of people as of 2016.

Economy

make 2.6 times more money

Niue has a GDP per capita of $11,100 as of 2021, while in Antigua and Barbuda, the GDP per capita is $28,700 as of 2023.

Basic Needs

be 20.6% more likely to have internet access

In Niue, approximately 79.6% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Antigua and Barbuda, about 96.0% do as of 2021.

Expenditures

spend 28.2% less on healthcare

Niue spends 7.8% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Antigua and Barbuda, that number is 5.6% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 2.4 times more coastline

Niue has a total of 64 km of coastline. In Antigua and Barbuda, that number is 153 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.

Antigua and Barbuda: At a glance

Antigua and Barbuda is a sovereign country in Central America/Caribbean, with a total land area of approximately 442 sq km. The Siboney were the first people to inhabit the islands of Antigua and Barbuda in 2400 B.C., but Arawak Indians populated the islands when COLUMBUS landed on his second voyage in 1493. Early Spanish and French settlements were succeeded by an English colony in 1667. Slavery, established to run the sugar plantations on Antigua, was abolished in 1834. The islands became an independent state within the British Commonwealth of Nations in 1981.
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