Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Vanuatu instead of Syria, you would:

Health

live 0.9 years longer

In Syria, the average life expectancy is 74 years (73 years for men, 76 years for women) as of 2022. In Vanuatu, that number is 75 years (73 years for men, 77 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

be 62.3% less likely to be unemployed

In Syria, 13.5% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Vanuatu, that number is 5.1% as of 2023.

be 80.7% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Syria, 82.5% live below the poverty line as of 2014. In Vanuatu, however, that number is 15.9% as of 2020.

Life

be 3.1 times more likely to die during childbirth

In Syria, approximately 30.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Vanuatu, 94.0 women do as of 2020.

Basic Needs

be 41.6% more likely to have internet access

In Syria, approximately 46.6% of the population has internet access as of 2022. In Vanuatu, about 66.0% do as of 2021.

be 21.3% less likely to have access to electricity

In Syria, approximately 89% of people have electricity access (100% in urban areas, and 74% in rural areas) as of 2022. In Vanuatu, that number is 70% of people on average (97% in urban areas, and 61% in rural areas) as of 2022.

Expenditures

spend 54.9% less on education

Syria spends 5.1% of its total GDP on education as of 2009. Vanuatu spends 2.3% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

Geography

see 13.1 times more coastline

Syria has a total of 193 km of coastline. In Vanuatu, that number is 2,528 km.

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

Vanuatu: At a glance

Vanuatu is a sovereign country in Australia-Oceania, with a total land area of approximately 12,189 sq km. Multiple waves of colonizers, each speaking a distinct language, migrated to the New Hebrides in the millennia preceding European exploration in the 18th century. This settlement pattern accounts for the complex linguistic diversity found on the archipelago to this day. The British and French, who settled the New Hebrides in the 19th century, agreed in 1906 to an Anglo-French Condominium, which administered the islands until independence in 1980, when the new name of Vanuatu was adopted.
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