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

Economy

make 2.5 times more money

Chile has a GDP per capita of $17,995 as of 2025, while in Virgin Islands, the GDP per capita is $44,321 as of 2022.

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be 27.5% more likely to be unemployed

In Chile, 9.0% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Virgin Islands, that number is 11.4% as of 2025.

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Life

have 27.3% more children

In Chile, there are approximately 8.7 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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be 31.9% more likely to die during infancy

In Chile, approximately 5.8 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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Basic Needs

be 32.2% less likely to have internet access

In Chile, approximately 95.6% of the population has internet access as of 2024. In Virgin Islands, about 64.8% do as of 2022.

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Geography

see 97.1% less coastline

Chile has a total of 6,435 km of coastline. In Virgin Islands, that number is 188 km.

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Infrastructure

find 57.6% less home broadband

Chile has 23.7 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Virgin Islands has 10.1 as of 2022.

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Sources: World Bank (2022–2025), The World Factbook (2022). How we calculate this

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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