Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Puerto Rico instead of Anguilla, you would:
Economy
make 2.7 times more money
Anguilla has a GDP per capita of $12,200 as of 2008, while in Puerto Rico, the GDP per capita is $33,400 as of 2020.
be 35.0% more likely to be unemployed
In Anguilla, 8.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2002. In Puerto Rico, that number is 10.8% as of 2017.
Life
be 96.7% more likely to die during infancy
In Anguilla, approximately 3.1 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Puerto Rico, on the other hand, 6.0 children do as of 2022.
have 34.5% fewer children
In Anguilla, there are approximately 12.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Puerto Rico, there are 7.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 69.4% more on education
Anguilla spends 3.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Puerto Rico spends 6.1% of total GDP on education as of 2014.
Geography
see 8.2 times more coastline
Anguilla has a total of 61 km of coastline. In Puerto Rico, that number is 501 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Puerto Rico: At a glance
How big is Puerto Rico compared to Anguilla? See an in-depth size comparison.