Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) instead of Barbados, you would:

Basic Needs

be 40.7% more likely to have internet access

In Barbados, approximately 70.4% of the population has internet access as of 2024. In Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), about 99.0% do as of 2021.

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Geography

see 13.3 times more coastline

Barbados has a total of 97 km of coastline. In Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), that number is 1,288 km.

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Infrastructure

find 25.8% less home broadband

Barbados has 37.5 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) has 27.8 as of 2022.

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Sources: The World Factbook (2021), World Bank (2022–2024), United Nations SDG Indicators (2022). How we calculate this

Compare further: Barbados vs. Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

Cost of Living Comparison · 6 categories - 2026 data
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) is 20.2% more expensive than Barbados overall
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Barbados is about 28 times smaller than Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas).
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Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas): At a glance

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) is a sovereign country in South America, with a total land area of approximately 12,173 sq km. Although first sighted by an English navigator in 1592, the first landing (English) did not occur until almost a century later in 1690, and the first settlement (French) was not established until 1764. The colony was turned over to Spain two years later and the islands have since been the subject of a territorial dispute, first between Britain and Spain, then between Britain and Argentina. The UK asserted its claim to the islands by establishing a naval garrison there in 1833. Argentina invaded the islands on 2 April 1982. The British responded with an expeditionary force that landed seven weeks later and after fierce fighting forced an Argentine surrender on 14 June 1982. With hostilities ended and Argentine forces withdrawn, UK administration resumed. In response to renewed calls from Argentina for Britain to relinquish control of the islands, a referendum was held in March 2013, which resulted in 99.8% of the population voting to remain a part of the UK.
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