Quality of life comparison

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

Basic Needs

be 11.7% less likely to have internet access

In Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), approximately 99.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Suriname, about 87.4% do as of 2023.

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Geography

see 70.0% less coastline

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) has a total of 1,288 km of coastline. In Suriname, that number is 386 km.

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Infrastructure

find 32.6% less home broadband

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) has 27.8 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Suriname has 18.8 as of 2024.

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Sources: The World Factbook (2021), World Bank (2023–2024), United Nations SDG Indicators (2022). How we calculate this

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Suriname is 58.1% cheaper than Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) overall
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Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) is about 13 times smaller than Suriname.
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Suriname: At a glance

Suriname is a sovereign country in South America, with a total land area of approximately 156,000 sq km. First explored by the Spaniards in the 16th century and then settled by the English in the mid-17th century, Suriname became a Dutch colony in 1667. With the abolition of African slavery in 1863, workers were brought in from India and Java. Independence from the Netherlands was granted in 1975. Five years later the civilian government was replaced by a military regime that soon declared a socialist republic. It continued to exert control through a succession of nominally civilian administrations until 1987, when international pressure finally forced a democratic election. In 1990, the military overthrew the civilian leadership, but a democratically elected government - a four-party coalition - returned to power in 1991. The coalition expanded to eight parties in 2005 and ruled until August 2010, when voters returned former military leader Desire BOUTERSE and his opposition coalition to power.
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