Quality of life comparison

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

Basic Needs

be 18.0% less likely to have internet access

In Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), approximately 99.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Tuvalu, about 81.2% do as of 2022.

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Geography

see 98.1% less coastline

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) has a total of 1,288 km of coastline. In Tuvalu, that number is 24 km.

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Infrastructure

find 83.7% less home broadband

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) has 27.8 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Tuvalu has 4.5 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. Tuvalu

Cost of Living Comparison · 3 categories - 2026 data
Tuvalu is 72.5% cheaper than Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) overall
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Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) is about 468 times bigger than Tuvalu.
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Tuvalu: At a glance

Tuvalu is a sovereign country in Australia-Oceania, with a total land area of approximately 26 sq km. In 1974, ethnic differences within the British colony of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands caused the Polynesians of the Ellice Islands to vote for separation from the Micronesians of the Gilbert Islands. The following year, the Ellice Islands became the separate British colony of Tuvalu. Independence was granted in 1978. In 2000, Tuvalu negotiated a contract leasing its Internet domain name ".tv" for $50 million in royalties over a 12-year period.
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