If you lived in Antigua and Barbuda instead of British Virgin Islands, you would:

Economy

be 3.8 times more likely to be unemployed

In British Virgin Islands, 2.9% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2015. In Antigua and Barbuda, that number is 11.0% as of 2014.

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Life

be 38.6% less likely to die during infancy

In British Virgin Islands, approximately 11.4 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2024. In Antigua and Barbuda, on the other hand, 7.0 children do as of 2024.

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have 42.9% more children

In British Virgin Islands, there are approximately 8.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Antigua and Barbuda, there are 11.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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Geography

see 91.2% more coastline

British Virgin Islands has a total of 80 km of coastline. In Antigua and Barbuda, that number is 153 km.

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Infrastructure

find 57.1% less home broadband

British Virgin Islands has 24.9 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Antigua and Barbuda has 10.7 as of 2022.

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Environment

emit 63.1% more CO2

British Virgin Islands emits 2.3 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. Antigua and Barbuda emits 3.8 tonnes as of 2024.

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Sources: World Bank (2022–2024), The World Factbook (2014–2015). How we calculate this

Antigua and Barbuda: At a glance

Antigua and Barbuda is a sovereign country in Central America/Caribbean, with a total land area of approximately 442 sq km. The Siboney were the first people to inhabit the islands of Antigua and Barbuda in 2400 B.C., but Arawak Indians populated the islands when COLUMBUS landed on his second voyage in 1493. Early Spanish and French settlements were succeeded by an English colony in 1667. Slavery, established to run the sugar plantations on Antigua, was abolished in 1834. The islands became an independent state within the British Commonwealth of Nations in 1981.
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