Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Virgin Islands instead of Cabo Verde, you would:

Health

live 6.5 years longer

In Cabo Verde, the average life expectancy is 74 years (71 years for men, 76 years for women) as of 2022. In Virgin Islands, that number is 80 years (77 years for men, 84 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

make 6.2 times more money

Cabo Verde has a GDP per capita of $6,000 as of 2020, while in Virgin Islands, the GDP per capita is $37,000 as of 2016.

be 17.4% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Cabo Verde, 35.0% live below the poverty line as of 2015. In Virgin Islands, however, that number is 28.9% as of 2002.

be 15.6% more likely to be unemployed

In Cabo Verde, 9.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Virgin Islands, that number is 10.4% as of 2017.

Life

be 67.5% less likely to die during infancy

In Cabo Verde, approximately 23.5 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Virgin Islands, on the other hand, 7.7 children do as of 2022.

have 37.1% fewer children

In Cabo Verde, there are approximately 18.5 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Virgin Islands, there are 11.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.

Geography

see 80.5% less coastline

Cabo Verde has a total of 965 km of coastline. In Virgin Islands, that number is 188 km.

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

Virgin Islands: At a glance

Virgin Islands (sometimes abbreviated USVI) is a sovereign country in Central America/Caribbean, with a total land area of approximately 346 sq km. The Danes secured control over the southern Virgin Islands of Saint Thomas, Saint John, and Saint Croix during the 17th and early 18th centuries. Sugarcane, produced by African slave labor, drove the islands' economy during the 18th and early 19th centuries. In 1917, the US purchased the Danish holdings, which had been in economic decline since the abolition of slavery in 1848.
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