Quality of life comparison
If you lived in British Virgin Islands instead of Costa Rica, you would:
Economy
make 73.6% more money
Costa Rica has a GDP per capita of $19,700 as of 2020, while in British Virgin Islands, the GDP per capita is $34,200 as of 2017.
be 64.2% less likely to be unemployed
In Costa Rica, 8.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In British Virgin Islands, that number is 2.9% as of 2015.
Life
be 68.8% more likely to die during infancy
In Costa Rica, approximately 8.4 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In British Virgin Islands, on the other hand, 14.2 children do as of 2022.
have 23.3% fewer children
In Costa Rica, there are approximately 14.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In British Virgin Islands, there are 10.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 56.7% less on education
Costa Rica spends 6.7% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. British Virgin Islands spends 2.9% of total GDP on education as of 2019.
Geography
see 93.8% less coastline
Costa Rica has a total of 1,290 km of coastline. In British Virgin Islands, that number is 80 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
British Virgin Islands: At a glance
How big is British Virgin Islands compared to Costa Rica? See an in-depth size comparison.