Quality of life comparison
compared to
If you lived in Tokelau instead of Western Sahara, you would:
Economy
make 2.4 times more money
Western Sahara has a GDP per capita of $2,500 as of 2007, while in Tokelau, the GDP per capita is $6,004 as of 2017.
Geography
see 90.9% less coastline
Western Sahara has a total of 1,110 km of coastline. In Tokelau, that number is 101 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Tokelau: At a glance
Tokelau is a sovereign country in Australia-Oceania, with a total land area of approximately 12 sq km. Originally settled by Polynesian emigrants from surrounding island groups, the Tokelau Islands were made a British protectorate in 1889. They were transferred to New Zealand administration in 1925. Referenda held in 2006 and 2007 to change the status of the islands from that of a New Zealand territory to one of free association with New Zealand did not meet the needed threshold for approval.
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