Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Sao Tome and Principe instead of Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), you would:

Basic Needs

be 40.3% less likely to have internet access

In Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), approximately 99.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Sao Tome and Principe, about 59.1% do as of 2024.

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Geography

see 83.8% less coastline

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) has a total of 1,288 km of coastline. In Sao Tome and Principe, that number is 209 km.

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Infrastructure

find 89.2% less home broadband

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) has 27.8 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Sao Tome and Principe has 3.0 as of 2024.

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

Compare further: Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) vs. Sao Tome and Principe

Cost of Living Comparison · 6 categories - 2026 data
Sao Tome and Principe is 54.5% cheaper than Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) overall
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Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) is about 13 times bigger than Sao Tome and Principe.
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Sao Tome and Principe: At a glance

Sao Tome and Principe is a sovereign country in Africa, with a total land area of approximately 964 sq km. Discovered and claimed by Portugal in the late 15th century, the islands' sugar-based economy gave way to coffee and cocoa in the 19th century - all grown with African plantation slave labor, a form of which lingered into the 20th century. While independence was achieved in 1975, democratic reforms were not instituted until the late 1980s. The country held its first free elections in 1991, but frequent internal wrangling between the various political parties precipitated repeated changes in leadership and two failed coup attempts in 1995 and 2003. In 2012, three opposition parties combined in a no confidence vote to bring down the majority government of former Prime Minister Patrice TROVOADA. The new government of Prime Minister Gabriel Arcanjo Ferreira DA COSTA is entirely composed of opposition party members with limited experience in governance. New oil discoveries in the Gulf of Guinea may attract increased attention to the small island nation.
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