Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Wallis and Futuna instead of Papua New Guinea, you would:

Health

live 14.4 years longer

In Papua New Guinea, the average life expectancy is 66 years (64 years for men, 69 years for women) as of 2024. In Wallis and Futuna, that number is 81 years (78 years for men, 84 years for women) as of 2022.

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Life

have 51.4% fewer children

In Papua New Guinea, there are approximately 24.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Wallis and Futuna, there are 11.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 2.4 times more likely to have internet access

In Papua New Guinea, approximately 18.8% of the population has internet access as of 2024. In Wallis and Futuna, about 45.8% do as of 2021.

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Geography

see 97.5% less coastline

Papua New Guinea has a total of 5,152 km of coastline. In Wallis and Futuna, that number is 129 km.

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Infrastructure

find 38.0 times more home broadband

Papua New Guinea has 0.2 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Wallis and Futuna has 8.8 as of 2022.

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

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Papua New Guinea is about 3,259 times bigger than Wallis and Futuna.
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Wallis and Futuna: At a glance

Wallis and Futuna is a sovereign country in Australia-Oceania, with a total land area of approximately 142 sq km. The Futuna island group was discovered by the Dutch in 1616 and Wallis by the British in 1767, but it was the French who declared a protectorate over the islands in 1842, and took official control of them between 1886 and 1888. Notably, Wallis and Futuna was the only French colony to side with the Vichy regime during World War II, a phase that ended in May of 1942 with the arrival of 2,000 American troops. In 1959, the inhabitants of the islands voted to become a French overseas territory and officially assumed this status in July 1961.
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