Quality of life comparison

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

Health

live 3.3 years longer

In British Virgin Islands, the average life expectancy is 77 years (75 years for men, 80 years for women) as of 2024. In Virgin Islands, that number is 81 years (78 years for men, 84 years for women) as of 2024.

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Life

be 32.9% 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 Virgin Islands, on the other hand, 7.7 children do as of 2022.

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have 35.0% more children

In British Virgin Islands, there are approximately 8.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Virgin Islands, there are 11.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 16.6% less likely to have internet access

In British Virgin Islands, approximately 77.7% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Virgin Islands, about 64.8% do as of 2022.

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Geography

see 2.4 times more coastline

British Virgin Islands has a total of 80 km of coastline. In Virgin Islands, that number is 188 km.

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Infrastructure

find 59.6% less home broadband

British Virgin Islands has 24.9 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Virgin Islands has 10.1 as of 2022.

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Sources: World Bank (2022–2024), The World Factbook (2021–2022). How we calculate this

Compare further: British Virgin Islands vs. Virgin Islands

Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
Virgin Islands is 24.7% more expensive than British Virgin Islands overall
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Size Comparison · See true size
British Virgin Islands is about 13 times smaller than Virgin Islands.
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Moving from British Virgin Islands to Virgin Islands · UN DESA 2020
2,464 people born in British Virgin Islands live in Virgin Islands.
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Virgin Islands: At a glance

Virgin Islands (sometimes abbreviated USVI) is a sovereign country in Central America/Caribbean, with a total land area of approximately 346 sq km. The Danes secured control over the southern Virgin Islands of Saint Thomas, Saint John, and Saint Croix during the 17th and early 18th centuries. Sugarcane, produced by African slave labor, drove the islands' economy during the 18th and early 19th centuries. In 1917, the US purchased the Danish holdings, which had been in economic decline since the abolition of slavery in 1848.
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