Quality of life comparison

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

Health

live 14.4 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 Papua New Guinea, that number is 66 years (64 years for men, 69 years for women) as of 2024.

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Life

have 2.1 times more children

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

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Basic Needs

be 58.9% less likely to have internet access

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

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Geography

see 39.9 times more coastline

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

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Infrastructure

find 97.4% less home broadband

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

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

Papua New Guinea (sometimes abbreviated PNG) is a sovereign country in East/Southeast Asia, with a total land area of approximately 452,860 sq km. The eastern half of the island of New Guinea - second largest in the world - was divided between Germany (north) and the UK (south) in 1885. The latter area was transferred to Australia in 1902, which occupied the northern portion during World War I and continued to administer the combined areas until independence in 1975. A nine-year secessionist revolt on the island of Bougainville ended in 1997 after claiming some 20,000 lives.
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