Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Marshall Islands instead of Tokelau, you would:

Economy

make 13.3% more money

Tokelau has a GDP per capita of $6,004 as of 2017, while in Marshall Islands, the GDP per capita is $6,800 as of 2023.

be 18.0 times more likely to be unemployed

In Tokelau, 2.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2015. In Marshall Islands, that number is 36.0% as of 2006.

Basic Needs

be 33.6% less likely to have internet access

In Tokelau, approximately 58.3% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Marshall Islands, about 38.7% do as of 2021.

Geography

see 3.7 times more coastline

Tokelau has a total of 101 km of coastline. In Marshall Islands, that number is 370 km.

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

Marshall Islands: At a glance

Marshall Islands (sometimes abbreviated RMI) is a sovereign country in Australia-Oceania, with a total land area of approximately 181 sq km. After almost four decades under US administration as the easternmost part of the UN Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the Marshall Islands attained independence in 1986 under a Compact of Free Association. Compensation claims continue as a result of US nuclear testing on some of the atolls between 1947 and 1962. The Marshall Islands hosts the US Army Kwajalein Atoll (USAKA) Reagan Missile Test Site, a key installation in the US missile defense network.
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