Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Marshall Islands instead of Niue, you would:

Economy

make 38.7% less money

Niue has a GDP per capita of $11,100 as of 2021, while in Marshall Islands, the GDP per capita is $6,800 as of 2023.

be 3.0 times more likely to be unemployed

In Niue, 12.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2001. In Marshall Islands, that number is 36.0% as of 2006.

Basic Needs

be 51.4% less likely to have internet access

In Niue, approximately 79.6% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Marshall Islands, about 38.7% do as of 2021.

Expenditures

spend 66.7% more on healthcare

Niue spends 7.8% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Marshall Islands, that number is 13.0% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 5.8 times more coastline

Niue has a total of 64 km of coastline. In Marshall Islands, that number is 370 km.

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

Marshall Islands: At a glance

Marshall Islands (sometimes abbreviated RMI) is a sovereign country in Australia-Oceania, with a total land area of approximately 181 sq km. After almost four decades under US administration as the easternmost part of the UN Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the Marshall Islands attained independence in 1986 under a Compact of Free Association. Compensation claims continue as a result of US nuclear testing on some of the atolls between 1947 and 1962. The Marshall Islands hosts the US Army Kwajalein Atoll (USAKA) Reagan Missile Test Site, a key installation in the US missile defense network.
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