If you lived in Wallis and Futuna instead of Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha, you would:

Economy

be 37.1% less likely to be unemployed

In Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha, 14.0% of adults are unemployed as of 1998. In Wallis and Futuna, that number is 8.8% as of 2013.

Life

be 78.1% less likely to die during infancy

In Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha, approximately 19.2 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Wallis and Futuna, on the other hand, 4.2 children do as of 2020.

have 31.4% more children

In Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha, there are approximately 9.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Wallis and Futuna, there are 12.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.

Basic Needs

be 76.3% less likely to have internet access

In Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha, approximately 38.0% of the population has internet access as of 2019. In Wallis and Futuna, about 9.0% do as of 2019.


The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.

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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