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Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
A one-page guide to Falkland Islands (Malvinas) for the spirits trade: the country, its people, its economy and how it drinks.
At a glance
- Capital
- Stanley
- Official languages
- English
- Currency
- Falkland Islands pound (FKP), pegged to sterling
- Time zone
- UTC-3
- Area
- 12,173 km²
People
- Population
- 3,662 (2021)
Economy
- GDP
- US$368.0 million (2024)
- GDP per person
- US$109,980 (2024)
Climate
Cold, windy, humid maritime. Mean monthly temperatures range from about 9 C (Jan-Feb) to about -1 C (July); about 610 mm of rain a year in Stanley, light snow nearly all year.
Alcohol
- Alcohol is
- Legal
- Legal drinking age
- 18
Sources: World Bank (population, economy and demographics), WHO Global Health Observatory (alcohol per adult and drinking mix); Wikipedia: Falkland_Islands; World Bank Open Data API (population, area, GDP, growth, inflation); Our World in Data / WHO GHO alcohol per capita; Wikipedia: Legal drinking age. Figures are the latest each source publishes; the year is shown beside each one.