Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in New Caledonia instead of Tokelau, you would:

Economy

make 5.9 times more money

Tokelau has a GDP per capita of $6,004 as of 2017, while in New Caledonia, the GDP per capita is $35,700 as of 2021.

be 5.6 times more likely to be unemployed

In Tokelau, 2.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2015. In New Caledonia, that number is 11.2% as of 2023.

Basic Needs

be 40.7% more likely to have internet access

In Tokelau, approximately 58.3% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In New Caledonia, about 82.0% do as of 2021.

Geography

see 22.3 times more coastline

Tokelau has a total of 101 km of coastline. In New Caledonia, that number is 2,254 km.

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

New Caledonia: At a glance

New Caledonia is a sovereign country in Australia-Oceania, with a total land area of approximately 18,275 sq km. Settled by both Britain and France during the first half of the 19th century, the island became a French possession in 1853. It served as a penal colony for four decades after 1864. Agitation for independence during the 1980s and early 1990s ended in the 1998 Noumea Accord, which over a period of 15 to 20 years will transfer an increasing amount of governing responsibility from France to New Caledonia. The agreement also commits France to conduct a referendum between 2014 and 2018 to decide whether New Caledonia should assume full sovereignty and independence.
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