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If you lived in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines instead of Illinois, you would:

Economy

make 74.7% less money

Illinois has a GDP per capita of $70,691 as of 2024, while in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, the GDP per capita is $17,900 as of 2023.

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be 3.9 times more likely to be unemployed

In Illinois, 4.8% of adults are unemployed as of 2025. In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, that number is 18.7% as of 2023.

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The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Compare further: Illinois vs. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is 12.6% cheaper than Illinois
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Size Comparison · See true size
Illinois is about 370 times bigger than Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: At a glance

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is a sovereign country in Central America/Caribbean, with a total land area of approximately 389 sq km. Resistance by native Caribs prevented colonization on Saint Vincent until 1719. Disputed between France and the United Kingdom for most of the 18th century, the island was ceded to the latter in 1783. Between 1960 and 1962, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines was a separate administrative unit of the Federation of the West Indies. Autonomy was granted in 1969 and independence in 1979.
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