Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Antigua and Barbuda instead of Cocos (Keeling) Islands, you would:

Economy

be 110.0 times more likely to be unemployed

In Cocos (Keeling) Islands, 0.1% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2011. In Antigua and Barbuda, that number is 11.0% as of 2014.

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Basic Needs

be 5.4 times more likely to have internet access

In Cocos (Keeling) Islands, approximately 13.4% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Antigua and Barbuda, about 72.7% do as of 2024.

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Geography

see 5.9 times more coastline

Cocos (Keeling) Islands has a total of 26 km of coastline. In Antigua and Barbuda, that number is 153 km.

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Sources: The World Factbook (2011–2021), World Bank (2024). How we calculate this

Compare further: Cocos (Keeling) Islands vs. Antigua and Barbuda

Size Comparison · See true size
Cocos (Keeling) Islands is about 32 times smaller than Antigua and Barbuda.
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Antigua and Barbuda: At a glance

Antigua and Barbuda is a sovereign country in Central America/Caribbean, with a total land area of approximately 442 sq km. The Siboney were the first people to inhabit the islands of Antigua and Barbuda in 2400 B.C., but Arawak Indians populated the islands when COLUMBUS landed on his second voyage in 1493. Early Spanish and French settlements were succeeded by an English colony in 1667. Slavery, established to run the sugar plantations on Antigua, was abolished in 1834. The islands became an independent state within the British Commonwealth of Nations in 1981.
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