Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

be 88.4% less likely to be obese

In Niue, 50.0% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Malawi, that number is 5.8% of people as of 2016.

Economy

be 58.0% less likely to be unemployed

In Niue, 12.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2001. In Malawi, that number is 5.0% as of 2023.

make 84.7% less money

Niue has a GDP per capita of $11,100 as of 2021, while in Malawi, the GDP per capita is $1,700 as of 2023.

Basic Needs

be 69.8% less likely to have internet access

In Niue, approximately 79.6% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Malawi, about 24.0% do as of 2021.

Expenditures

spend 30.8% less on healthcare

Niue spends 7.8% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Malawi, that number is 5.4% of GDP as of 2020.

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

Malawi: At a glance

Malawi is a sovereign country in Africa, with a total land area of approximately 94,080 sq km. Established in 1891, the British protectorate of Nyasaland became the independent nation of Malawi in 1964. After three decades of one-party rule under President Hastings Kamuzu BANDA the country held multiparty elections in 1994, under a provisional constitution that came into full effect the following year. President Bingu wa MUTHARIKA, elected in May 2004 after a failed attempt by the previous president to amend the constitution to permit another term, struggled to assert his authority against his predecessor and subsequently started his own party, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in 2005. MUTHARIKA was reelected to a second term in May 2009. He oversaw some economic improvement in his first term, but was accused of economic mismanagement and poor governance in his second term. He died abruptly in April 2012 and was succeeded by his vice president, Joyce BANDA, who had earlier started her own party, the People's Party (PP). Population growth, increasing pressure on agricultural lands, corruption, and the scourge of HIV/AIDS pose major problems for Malawi.
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