Quality of life comparison

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

Life

be 15.3% 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 Saint Lucia, on the other hand, 12.0 children do as of 2022.

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Expenditures

spend 38.5% more on education

British Virgin Islands spends 2.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Saint Lucia spends 3.6% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

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Geography

see 97.5% more coastline

British Virgin Islands has a total of 80 km of coastline. In Saint Lucia, that number is 158 km.

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

Compare further: British Virgin Islands vs. Saint Lucia

Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
Saint Lucia is 17.9% cheaper than British Virgin Islands overall
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Size Comparison · See true size
British Virgin Islands is about 4.1 times smaller than Saint Lucia.
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Moving from British Virgin Islands to Saint Lucia · UN DESA 2020
6 people born in British Virgin Islands live in Saint Lucia.
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Saint Lucia: At a glance

Saint Lucia is a sovereign country in Central America/Caribbean, with a total land area of approximately 606 sq km. The island, with its fine natural harbor at Castries, was contested between England and France throughout the 17th and early 18th centuries (changing possession 14 times); it was finally ceded to the UK in 1814. Even after the abolition of slavery on its plantations in 1834, Saint Lucia remained an agricultural island, dedicated to producing tropical commodity crops. Self-government was granted in 1967 and independence in 1979.
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