Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Greenland instead of Wallis and Futuna, you would:

Health

live 10.4 years less

In Wallis and Futuna, the average life expectancy is 81 years (78 years for men, 84 years for women) as of 2022. In Greenland, that number is 70 years (68 years for men, 72 years for women) as of 2024.

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Life

be 2.1 times more likely to die during infancy

In Wallis and Futuna, approximately 4.2 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2020. In Greenland, on the other hand, 8.8 children do as of 2022.

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Basic Needs

be 51.7% more likely to have internet access

In Wallis and Futuna, approximately 45.8% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Greenland, about 69.5% do as of 2021.

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Geography

see 341.8 times more coastline

Wallis and Futuna has a total of 129 km of coastline. In Greenland, that number is 44,087 km.

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Infrastructure

find 3.7 times more home broadband

Wallis and Futuna has 8.8 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Greenland has 32.0 as of 2022.

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Sources: The World Factbook (2020–2022), World Bank (2022–2024), United Nations SDG Indicators (2022). How we calculate this

Compare further: Wallis and Futuna vs. Greenland

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Wallis and Futuna is about 15,254 times smaller than Greenland.
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Greenland: At a glance

Greenland is a sovereign country in North America, with a total land area of approximately 2,166,086 sq km. Greenland, the world's largest island, is about 81% ice-capped. Vikings reached the island in the 10th century from Iceland; Danish colonization began in the 18th century, and Greenland was made an integral part of Denmark in 1953. It joined the European Community (now the EU) with Denmark in 1973 but withdrew in 1985 over a dispute centered on stringent fishing quotas. Greenland was granted self-government in 1979 by the Danish parliament; the law went into effect the following year. Greenland voted in favor of increased self-rule in November 2008 and acquired greater responsibility for internal affairs when the Act on Greenland Self-Government was signed into law in June 2009. Denmark, however, continues to exercise control over several policy areas on behalf of Greenland including foreign affairs, security, and financial policy in consultation with Greenland's Self-Rule Government.
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