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Institutional and human analysis is clearer when material and geographic conditions are visible, provided aggregate context is not turned into a stereotype or score.
INTERNATIONAL WORLD CONTEXT
A non-ranking 2025 world-context snapshot for Wallis and Futuna, covering selected geography, settlement, public structure, economy, connectivity, and source limitations.
ORIENTATION
Institutional and human analysis is clearer when material and geographic conditions are visible, provided aggregate context is not turned into a stereotype or score.
WORKING BRIEF
This page maps the site registry entry “Wallis and Futuna” to the supplied dataset entity “Wallis and Futuna.” Mapping status: exact-name. The source is a frozen 2025 snapshot; dates embedded in individual fields remain controlling.
Location: Oceania, islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand Area: total : 142 sq km; land: 142 sq km; water: 0 sq km; note: includes Ile Uvea (Wallis Island), Ile Futuna (Futuna Island), Ile Alofi, and 20 islets Climate: tropical; hot, rainy season (November to April); cool, dry season (May to October); rains 250-300 cm per year (80% humidity); average temperature 26.6 degrees Celsius Terrain: volcanic origin; low hills Natural hazards: cyclones; tsunamis Environmental issues: deforestation (only small portions of the original forests remain) due to wood as the main fuel source; soil erosion; lack of natural freshwater resources; lack of soil fertility on the islands of Uvea and Futuna
Population: total: 15,998 (2025 est.); male: 8,217; female: 7,781 Urbanization: urban population: 0% of total population (2023); rate of urbanization: 0% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) Languages: Wallisian (indigenous Polynesian language) 58.9%, Futunian 30.1%, French (official) 10.8%, other 0.2% (2003 est.)
Capital: name: Mata-Utu (on Ile Uvea); geographic coordinates: 13 57 S, 171 56 W; time difference: UTC+12 (17 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) Government type: parliamentary democracy (Territorial Assembly); overseas collectivity of France Legal system: French civil law Dependency status: overseas collectivity of France
Economic overview: lower-middle-income, agrarian French dependency economy; heavily reliant on French subsidies; licenses fishing rights to Japan and South Korea; major remittances from New Caledonia; aging workforce; import-dependent; deforestation-fueled fragility Industries: copra, handicrafts, fishing, lumber Internet users: percent of population: 45.8% (2021 est.) Airports: 2 (2025) Ports: total ports: 1 (2024); large: 0; medium: 0; small: 0; very small: 1; ports with oil terminals: 0; key ports: Mata-Utu
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COMPLETE DOSSIER
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RESEARCH EDITION
This page follows the public method for provenance, confidence, source independence, alternative accounts, limitations, review state, and visible correction.
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