Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Economy

make 53.2% less money

Niue has a GDP per capita of $11,100 as of 2021, while in Tuvalu, the GDP per capita is $5,200 as of 2023.

Basic Needs

be 38.4% less likely to have internet access

In Niue, approximately 79.6% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Tuvalu, about 49.0% do as of 2021.

Expenditures

spend 2.8 times more on healthcare

Niue spends 7.8% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Tuvalu, that number is 21.5% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 62.5% less coastline

Niue has a total of 64 km of coastline. In Tuvalu, that number is 24 km.

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

Tuvalu: At a glance

Tuvalu is a sovereign country in Australia-Oceania, with a total land area of approximately 26 sq km. In 1974, ethnic differences within the British colony of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands caused the Polynesians of the Ellice Islands to vote for separation from the Micronesians of the Gilbert Islands. The following year, the Ellice Islands became the separate British colony of Tuvalu. Independence was granted in 1978. In 2000, Tuvalu negotiated a contract leasing its Internet domain name ".tv" for $50 million in royalties over a 12-year period.
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