Quality of life comparison
compared to
If you lived in Tokelau instead of Hong Kong, you would:
Basic Needs
be 39.1% less likely to have internet access
In Hong Kong, approximately 95.8% of the population has internet access as of 2024. In Tokelau, about 58.3% do as of 2021.
Geography
see 86.2% less coastline
Hong Kong has a total of 733 km of coastline. In Tokelau, that number is 101 km.
Sources: The World Factbook (2021), World Bank (2024). How we calculate this
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Tokelau: At a glance
Tokelau is a sovereign country in Australia-Oceania, with a total land area of approximately 12 sq km. Originally settled by Polynesian emigrants from surrounding island groups, the Tokelau Islands were made a British protectorate in 1889. They were transferred to New Zealand administration in 1925. Referenda held in 2006 and 2007 to change the status of the islands from that of a New Zealand territory to one of free association with New Zealand did not meet the needed threshold for approval.
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