Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha instead of Virgin Islands, you would:
Economy
be 34.6% more likely to be unemployed
In Virgin Islands, 10.4% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha, that number is 14.0% as of 1998.
Life
be 2.5 times more likely to die during infancy
In Virgin Islands, approximately 7.7 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha, on the other hand, 19.2 children do as of 2022.
have 19.7% fewer children
In Virgin Islands, there are approximately 11.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha, there are 9.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
Basic Needs
be 40.6% less likely to have internet access
In Virgin Islands, approximately 64.0% of the population has internet access as of 2019. In Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha, about 38.0% do as of 2019.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha: At a glance
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