Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Tokelau instead of El Salvador, you would:

Health

be 2.2 times more likely to be obese

In El Salvador, 32.2% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Tokelau, that number is 70.7% of people as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 12.3% less likely to have internet access

In El Salvador, approximately 66.5% of the population has internet access as of 2024. In Tokelau, about 58.3% do as of 2021.

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Geography

see 67.1% less coastline

El Salvador has a total of 307 km of coastline. In Tokelau, that number is 101 km.

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

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El Salvador is about 1,753 times bigger than Tokelau.
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Tokelau: At a glance

Tokelau is a sovereign country in Australia-Oceania, with a total land area of approximately 12 sq km. Originally settled by Polynesian emigrants from surrounding island groups, the Tokelau Islands were made a British protectorate in 1889. They were transferred to New Zealand administration in 1925. Referenda held in 2006 and 2007 to change the status of the islands from that of a New Zealand territory to one of free association with New Zealand did not meet the needed threshold for approval.
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