Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Virgin Islands instead of Wallis and Futuna, you would:

Economy

make 9.7 times more money

Wallis and Futuna has a GDP per capita of $3,800 as of 2004, while in Virgin Islands, the GDP per capita is $37,000 as of 2016.

be 18.2% more likely to be unemployed

In Wallis and Futuna, 8.8% of adults are unemployed as of 2013. In Virgin Islands, that number is 10.4% as of 2017.

Life

be 82.1% more likely to die during infancy

In Wallis and Futuna, approximately 4.2 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2020. In Virgin Islands, on the other hand, 7.7 children do as of 2022.

Basic Needs

be 7.1 times more likely to have internet access

In Wallis and Futuna, approximately 9.0% of the population has internet access as of 2019. In Virgin Islands, about 64.0% do as of 2019.

Geography

see 45.7% more coastline

Wallis and Futuna has a total of 129 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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