Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Tuvalu instead of Saint Martin, you would:

Health

live 13.2 years less

In Saint Martin, the average life expectancy is 80 years (77 years for men, 84 years for women) as of 2024. In Tuvalu, that number is 67 years (64 years for men, 71 years for women) as of 2024.

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Life

have 46.1% more children

In Saint Martin, there are approximately 15.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Tuvalu, there are 22.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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be 2.5 times more likely to die during infancy

In Saint Martin, approximately 6.7 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Tuvalu, on the other hand, 16.5 children do as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 67.4% more likely to have internet access

In Saint Martin, approximately 48.5% of the population has internet access as of 2022. In Tuvalu, about 81.2% do as of 2022.

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Geography

see 59.3% less coastline

Saint Martin has a total of 59 km of coastline. In Tuvalu, that number is 24 km.

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

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Saint Martin is about 2.1 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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