If you lived in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines instead of Wallis and Futuna, you would:

Health

live 9.3 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 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, that number is 71 years (69 years for men, 74 years for women) as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 66.4% more likely to have internet access

In Wallis and Futuna, approximately 45.8% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, about 76.2% do as of 2024.

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Geography

see 34.9% less coastline

Wallis and Futuna has a total of 129 km of coastline. In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, that number is 84 km.

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Infrastructure

find 3.4 times more home broadband

Wallis and Futuna has 8.8 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has 29.5 as of 2024.

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Sources: The World Factbook (2021–2022), World Bank (2024), United Nations SDG Indicators (2022). How we calculate this

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: At a glance

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is a sovereign country in Central America/Caribbean, with a total land area of approximately 389 sq km. Resistance by native Caribs prevented colonization on Saint Vincent until 1719. Disputed between France and the United Kingdom for most of the 18th century, the island was ceded to the latter in 1783. Between 1960 and 1962, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines was a separate administrative unit of the Federation of the West Indies. Autonomy was granted in 1969 and independence in 1979.
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