If you lived in Antigua and Barbuda instead of French Polynesia, you would:

Health

be 29.6% less likely to be obese

In French Polynesia, 49.1% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Antigua and Barbuda, that number is 34.6% of people as of 2024.

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live 6.4 years less

In French Polynesia, the average life expectancy is 84 years (82 years for men, 87 years for women) as of 2024. In Antigua and Barbuda, that number is 78 years (75 years for men, 80 years for women) as of 2024.

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Economy

make 10.6% more money

French Polynesia has a GDP per capita of $22,440 as of 2024, while in Antigua and Barbuda, the GDP per capita is $24,819 as of 2025.

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Life

be 59.1% more likely to die during infancy

In French Polynesia, approximately 4.4 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Antigua and Barbuda, on the other hand, 7.0 children do as of 2024.

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Geography

see 93.9% less coastline

French Polynesia has a total of 2,525 km of coastline. In Antigua and Barbuda, that number is 153 km.

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Infrastructure

find 70.0% less home broadband

French Polynesia has 35.5 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2023. Antigua and Barbuda has 10.7 as of 2022.

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Sources: World Bank (2022–2025), The World Factbook (2022), World Health Organization (2024). How we calculate this

Antigua and Barbuda: At a glance

Antigua and Barbuda is a sovereign country in Central America/Caribbean, with a total land area of approximately 442 sq km. The Siboney were the first people to inhabit the islands of Antigua and Barbuda in 2400 B.C., but Arawak Indians populated the islands when COLUMBUS landed on his second voyage in 1493. Early Spanish and French settlements were succeeded by an English colony in 1667. Slavery, established to run the sugar plantations on Antigua, was abolished in 1834. The islands became an independent state within the British Commonwealth of Nations in 1981.
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