Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

be 22.0% more likely to be obese

In Niue, 50.0% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Nauru, that number is 61.0% of people as of 2016.

Economy

be 91.7% more likely to be unemployed

In Niue, 12.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2001. In Nauru, that number is 23.0% as of 2011.

Expenditures

spend 53.8% more on healthcare

Niue spends 7.8% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Nauru, that number is 12.0% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 53.1% less coastline

Niue has a total of 64 km of coastline. In Nauru, that number is 30 km.

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

Nauru: At a glance

Nauru is a sovereign country in Australia-Oceania, with a total land area of approximately 21 sq km. The exact origins of the Nauruans are unclear since their language does not resemble any other in the Pacific region. Germany annexed the island in 1888. A German-British consortium began mining the island's phosphate deposits early in the 20th century. Australian forces occupied Nauru in World War I; it subsequently became a League of Nations mandate. After the Second World War - and a brutal occupation by Japan - Nauru became a UN trust territory. It achieved independence in 1968 and joined the UN in 1999 as the world's smallest independent republic.
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