How did island nations do with Covid?

I have long said that the best defence NZhad against Covid-19 was being an island. It meant it was much easier to keep Covid-19 out until it turned into less severe variants and vaccinations were available.

We all know that NZ had one of the lowest death tolls in the world, but how did we do against other island nations who are developed countries. Well here is the latest data from Worldometers.

1. Singapore 290 (deaths/mil pop)
2. Greenland 369
3. Japan 539
4. South Korea 651
5. Iceland 663
6. Taiwan 680
7. Australia 714
8. NZ 772

Maybe we shouldn’t be quite as smug as we used to be.