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

Economy

be 3.1 times more likely to be unemployed

In Germany, 3.7% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Virgin Islands, that number is 11.4% as of 2025.

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make 26.7% less money

Germany has a GDP per capita of $60,496 as of 2025, while in Virgin Islands, the GDP per capita is $44,321 as of 2022.

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Life

have 37.0% more children

In Germany, there are approximately 8.1 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 2.5 times more likely to die during infancy

In Germany, approximately 3.1 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 30.7% less likely to have internet access

In Germany, approximately 93.5% 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 92.1% less coastline

Germany has a total of 2,389 km of coastline. In Virgin Islands, that number is 188 km.

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Infrastructure

find 77.9% less home broadband

Germany has 45.6 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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