Quality of life comparison

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

Health

live 12.0 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 Mauritania, that number is 69 years (67 years for men, 71 years for women) as of 2024.

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Life

have 2.9 times more children

In Wallis and Futuna, there are approximately 11.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Mauritania, there are 34.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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Geography

see 5.8 times more coastline

Wallis and Futuna has a total of 129 km of coastline. In Mauritania, that number is 754 km.

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Infrastructure

find 89.1% less home broadband

Wallis and Futuna has 8.8 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Mauritania has 0.9 as of 2024.

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

Compare further: Wallis and Futuna vs. Mauritania

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Wallis and Futuna is about 7,258 times smaller than Mauritania.
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Mauritania: At a glance

Mauritania is a sovereign country in Africa, with a total land area of approximately 1,030,700 sq km. Independent from France in 1960, Mauritania annexed the southern third of the former Spanish Sahara (now Western Sahara) in 1976 but relinquished it after three years of raids by the Polisario guerrilla front seeking independence for the territory. Maaouya Ould Sid Ahmed TAYA seized power in a coup in 1984 and ruled Mauritania with a heavy hand for more than two decades. A series of presidential elections that he held were widely seen as flawed. A bloodless coup in August 2005 deposed President TAYA and ushered in a military council that oversaw a transition to democratic rule. Independent candidate Sidi Ould Cheikh ABDALLAHI was inaugurated in April 2007 as Mauritania's first freely and fairly elected president. His term ended prematurely in August 2008 when a military junta led by General Mohamed Ould Abdel AZIZ deposed him and installed a military council government. AZIZ was subsequently elected president in July 2009 and sworn in the following month. AZIZ sustained injuries from an accidental shooting by his own troops in October 2012 but has continued to maintain his authority. The country continues to experience ethnic tensions among its black population (Afro-Mauritanians) and white and black Moor (Arab-Berber) communities, and confronts a terrorism threat by al-Qa'ida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM).
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