Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Tuvalu instead of Pitcairn Islands, you would:

Basic Needs

be 49.1% less likely to have internet access

In Pitcairn Islands, approximately 96.2% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Tuvalu, about 49.0% do as of 2021.

Geography

see 52.9% less coastline

Pitcairn Islands has a total of 51 km of coastline. In Tuvalu, that number is 24 km.

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

Tuvalu: At a glance

Tuvalu is a sovereign country in Australia-Oceania, with a total land area of approximately 26 sq km. In 1974, ethnic differences within the British colony of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands caused the Polynesians of the Ellice Islands to vote for separation from the Micronesians of the Gilbert Islands. The following year, the Ellice Islands became the separate British colony of Tuvalu. Independence was granted in 1978. In 2000, Tuvalu negotiated a contract leasing its Internet domain name ".tv" for $50 million in royalties over a 12-year period.
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