Quality of life comparison

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

Life

have 91.6% more children

In British Virgin Islands, there are approximately 8.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Peru, there are 15.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 37.5% more on education

British Virgin Islands spends 3.2% of its total GDP on education as of 2023. Peru spends 4.4% of total GDP on education as of 2024.

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Geography

see 30.2 times more coastline

British Virgin Islands has a total of 80 km of coastline. In Peru, that number is 2,414 km.

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Infrastructure

find 53.1% less home broadband

British Virgin Islands has 24.9 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Peru has 11.7 as of 2024.

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Environment

emit 13.3% less CO2

British Virgin Islands emits 2.3 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. Peru emits 2.0 tonnes as of 2024.

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Sources: World Bank (2023–2024), The World Factbook. How we calculate this

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Peru: At a glance

Peru is a sovereign country in South America, with a total land area of approximately 1,279,996 sq km. Ancient Peru was the seat of several prominent Andean civilizations, most notably that of the Incas whose empire was captured by Spanish conquistadors in 1533. Peruvian independence was declared in 1821, and remaining Spanish forces were defeated in 1824. After a dozen years of military rule, Peru returned to democratic leadership in 1980, but experienced economic problems and the growth of a violent insurgency. President Alberto FUJIMORI's election in 1990 ushered in a decade that saw a dramatic turnaround in the economy and significant progress in curtailing guerrilla activity. Nevertheless, the president's increasing reliance on authoritarian measures and an economic slump in the late 1990s generated mounting dissatisfaction with his regime, which led to his resignation in 2000. A caretaker government oversaw new elections in the spring of 2001, which installed Alejandro TOLEDO Manrique as the new head of government - Peru's first democratically elected president of indigenous ethnicity. The presidential election of 2006 saw the return of Alan GARCIA Perez who, after a disappointing presidential term from 1985 to 1990, oversaw a robust economic rebound. In June 2011, former army officer Ollanta HUMALA Tasso was elected president, defeating Keiko FUJIMORI Higuchi, the daughter of Alberto FUJIMORI. Since his election, HUMALA has carried on the sound, market-oriented economic policies of the three preceding administrations.
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