Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Antigua and Barbuda instead of Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), you would:

Economy

make 59.5% less money

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) has a GDP per capita of $70,800 as of 2015, while in Antigua and Barbuda, the GDP per capita is $28,700 as of 2023.

be 11.0 times more likely to be unemployed

In Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), 1.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2016. In Antigua and Barbuda, that number is 11.0% as of 2014.

Life

have 36.7% more children

In Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), there are approximately 10.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2012. In Antigua and Barbuda, there are 14.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Geography

see 88.1% less coastline

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) has a total of 1,288 km of coastline. In Antigua and Barbuda, that number is 153 km.

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

Antigua and Barbuda: At a glance

Antigua and Barbuda is a sovereign country in Central America/Caribbean, with a total land area of approximately 442 sq km. The Siboney were the first people to inhabit the islands of Antigua and Barbuda in 2400 B.C., but Arawak Indians populated the islands when COLUMBUS landed on his second voyage in 1493. Early Spanish and French settlements were succeeded by an English colony in 1667. Slavery, established to run the sugar plantations on Antigua, was abolished in 1834. The islands became an independent state within the British Commonwealth of Nations in 1981.
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