Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Cayman Islands instead of British Virgin Islands, you would:

Health

live 2.4 years longer

In British Virgin Islands, the average life expectancy is 80 years (78 years for men, 81 years for women) as of 2022. In Cayman Islands, that number is 82 years (79 years for men, 85 years for women) as of 2022.

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Life

be 46.0% less likely to die during infancy

In British Virgin Islands, approximately 14.2 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Cayman Islands, on the other hand, 7.7 children do as of 2022.

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Expenditures

spend 19.2% less on education

British Virgin Islands spends 2.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Cayman Islands spends 2.1% of total GDP on education as of 2019.

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Geography

see 100.0% more coastline

British Virgin Islands has a total of 80 km of coastline. In Cayman Islands, that number is 160 km.

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

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Cayman Islands: At a glance

Cayman Islands is a sovereign country in Central America/Caribbean, with a total land area of approximately 264 sq km. The Cayman Islands were colonized from Jamaica by the British during the 18th and 19th centuries and were administered by Jamaica after 1863. In 1959, the islands became a territory within the Federation of the West Indies. When the Federation dissolved in 1962, the Cayman Islands chose to remain a British dependency.
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