Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Ghana instead of Niue, you would:

Health

be 78.2% less likely to be obese

In Niue, 50.0% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Ghana, that number is 10.9% of people as of 2016.

Economy

be 74.3% less likely to be unemployed

In Niue, 12.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2001. In Ghana, that number is 3.1% as of 2023.

make 39.6% less money

Niue has a GDP per capita of $11,100 as of 2021, while in Ghana, the GDP per capita is $6,700 as of 2023.

Basic Needs

be 14.6% less likely to have internet access

In Niue, approximately 79.6% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Ghana, about 68.0% do as of 2021.

Expenditures

spend 48.7% less on healthcare

Niue spends 7.8% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Ghana, that number is 4.0% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 8.4 times more coastline

Niue has a total of 64 km of coastline. In Ghana, that number is 539 km.

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

Ghana: At a glance

Ghana is a sovereign country in Africa, with a total land area of approximately 227,533 sq km. Formed from the merger of the British colony of the Gold Coast and the Togoland trust territory, Ghana in 1957 became the first sub-Saharan country in colonial Africa to gain its independence. Ghana endured a long series of coups before Lt. Jerry RAWLINGS took power in 1981 and banned political parties. After approving a new constitution and restoring multiparty politics in 1992, RAWLINGS won presidential elections in 1992 and 1996 but was constitutionally prevented from running for a third term in 2000. John KUFUOR succeeded him and was reelected in 2004. John Atta MILLS won the 2008 presidential election and took over as head of state, but he died in July 2012 and was constitutionally succeeded by his vice president John Dramani MAHAMA, who subsequently won the December 2012 presidential election.
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