Quality of life comparison

 Cocos (Keeling) Islands
compared to
 Northern Mariana Islands

If you lived in Northern Mariana Islands instead of Cocos (Keeling) Islands, you would:

Economy

be 112.0 times more likely to be unemployed

In Cocos (Keeling) Islands, 0.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2011. In Northern Mariana Islands, that number is 11.2% as of 2010.

Basic Needs

be 87.3% more likely to have internet access

In Cocos (Keeling) Islands, approximately 13.4% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Northern Mariana Islands, about 25.1% do as of 2021.

Geography

see 57.0 times more coastline

Cocos (Keeling) Islands has a total of 26 km of coastline. In Northern Mariana Islands, that number is 1,482 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.

Northern Mariana Islands: At a glance

Northern Mariana Islands (sometimes abbreviated CNMI) is a sovereign country in Australia-Oceania, with a total land area of approximately 464 sq km. Under US administration as part of the UN Trust Territory of the Pacific, the people of the Northern Mariana Islands decided in the 1970s not to seek independence but instead to forge closer links with the US. Negotiations for territorial status began in 1972. A covenant to establish a commonwealth in political union with the US was approved in 1975, and came into force on 24 March 1976. A new government and constitution went into effect in 1978.
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