Quality of life comparison

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

Health

live 10.2 years less

In British Virgin Islands, the average life expectancy is 77 years (75 years for men, 80 years for women) as of 2024. In Tuvalu, that number is 67 years (64 years for men, 71 years for women) as of 2024.

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Life

have 2.7 times more children

In British Virgin Islands, there are approximately 8.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Tuvalu, there are 22.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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be 44.7% more 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 Tuvalu, on the other hand, 16.5 children do as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 4.1 times more on education

British Virgin Islands spends 3.2% of its total GDP on education as of 2023. Tuvalu spends 12.8% of total GDP on education as of 2023.

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Geography

see 70.0% less coastline

British Virgin Islands has a total of 80 km of coastline. In Tuvalu, that number is 24 km.

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Infrastructure

find 81.9% less home broadband

British Virgin Islands has 24.9 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Tuvalu has 4.5 as of 2022.

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

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Tuvalu: At a glance

Tuvalu is a sovereign country in Australia-Oceania, with a total land area of approximately 26 sq km. In 1974, ethnic differences within the British colony of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands caused the Polynesians of the Ellice Islands to vote for separation from the Micronesians of the Gilbert Islands. The following year, the Ellice Islands became the separate British colony of Tuvalu. Independence was granted in 1978. In 2000, Tuvalu negotiated a contract leasing its Internet domain name ".tv" for $50 million in royalties over a 12-year period.
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