Quality of life comparison

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

Health

live 1.2 years longer

In Cabo Verde, the average life expectancy is 76 years (73 years for men, 79 years for women) as of 2024. In British Virgin Islands, that number is 77 years (75 years for men, 80 years for women) as of 2024.

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Life

have 32.7% fewer children

In Cabo Verde, there are approximately 12.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In British Virgin Islands, there are 8.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 27.1% less on education

Cabo Verde spends 4.3% of its total GDP on education as of 2023. British Virgin Islands spends 3.2% of total GDP on education as of 2023.

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Geography

see 91.7% less coastline

Cabo Verde has a total of 965 km of coastline. In British Virgin Islands, that number is 80 km.

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Infrastructure

find 3.0 times more home broadband

Cabo Verde has 8.3 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. British Virgin Islands has 24.9 as of 2024.

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Environment

emit 80.6% more CO2

Cabo Verde emits 1.3 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. British Virgin Islands emits 2.3 tonnes as of 2024.

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

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Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
British Virgin Islands is 2.1 times more expensive than Cabo Verde overall
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Cabo Verde is about 27 times bigger than British Virgin Islands.
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British Virgin Islands: At a glance

British Virgin Islands (sometimes abbreviated BVI) is a sovereign country in Central America/Caribbean, with a total land area of approximately 151 sq km. First inhabited by Arawak and later by Carib Indians, the Virgin Islands were settled by the Dutch in 1648 and then annexed by the English in 1672. The islands were part of the British colony of the Leeward Islands from 1872-1960; they were granted autonomy in 1967. The economy is closely tied to the larger and more populous US Virgin Islands to the west; the US dollar is the legal currency.
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