Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Sao Tome and Principe instead of Wallis and Futuna, you would:

Health

live 10.8 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 Sao Tome and Principe, that number is 70 years (66 years for men, 74 years for women) as of 2024.

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Life

have 2.4 times more children

In Wallis and Futuna, there are approximately 11.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Sao Tome and Principe, there are 28.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 29.1% more likely to have internet access

In Wallis and Futuna, approximately 45.8% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Sao Tome and Principe, about 59.1% do as of 2024.

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Geography

see 62.0% more coastline

Wallis and Futuna has a total of 129 km of coastline. In Sao Tome and Principe, that number is 209 km.

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Infrastructure

find 65.8% less home broadband

Wallis and Futuna has 8.8 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Sao Tome and Principe has 3.0 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 7 times smaller than Sao Tome and Principe.
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Sao Tome and Principe: At a glance

Sao Tome and Principe is a sovereign country in Africa, with a total land area of approximately 964 sq km. Discovered and claimed by Portugal in the late 15th century, the islands' sugar-based economy gave way to coffee and cocoa in the 19th century - all grown with African plantation slave labor, a form of which lingered into the 20th century. While independence was achieved in 1975, democratic reforms were not instituted until the late 1980s. The country held its first free elections in 1991, but frequent internal wrangling between the various political parties precipitated repeated changes in leadership and two failed coup attempts in 1995 and 2003. In 2012, three opposition parties combined in a no confidence vote to bring down the majority government of former Prime Minister Patrice TROVOADA. The new government of Prime Minister Gabriel Arcanjo Ferreira DA COSTA is entirely composed of opposition party members with limited experience in governance. New oil discoveries in the Gulf of Guinea may attract increased attention to the small island nation.
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