Quality of life comparison

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

Basic Needs

be 17.2% less likely to have internet access

In Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), approximately 99.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In New Caledonia, about 82.0% do as of 2021.

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Geography

see 75.0% more coastline

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) has a total of 1,288 km of coastline. In New Caledonia, that number is 2,254 km.

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Infrastructure

find 30.3% less home broadband

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) has 27.8 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. New Caledonia has 19.4 as of 2022.

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

Compare further: Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) vs. New Caledonia

Cost of Living Comparison · 6 categories - 2026 data
New Caledonia is 14.4% cheaper than Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) overall
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Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) is about 1.5 times smaller than New Caledonia.
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New Caledonia: At a glance

New Caledonia is a sovereign country in Australia-Oceania, with a total land area of approximately 18,275 sq km. Settled by both Britain and France during the first half of the 19th century, the island became a French possession in 1853. It served as a penal colony for four decades after 1864. Agitation for independence during the 1980s and early 1990s ended in the 1998 Noumea Accord, which over a period of 15 to 20 years will transfer an increasing amount of governing responsibility from France to New Caledonia. The agreement also commits France to conduct a referendum between 2014 and 2018 to decide whether New Caledonia should assume full sovereignty and independence.
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