Quality of life comparison

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

Health

live 5.2 years longer

In India, the average life expectancy is 72 years (71 years for men, 74 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

be 51.1% less likely to die during infancy

In India, approximately 23.3 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2024. In British Virgin Islands, on the other hand, 11.4 children do as of 2024.

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have 48.6% fewer children

In India, there are approximately 16.0 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 22.7% less on education

India spends 4.1% of its total GDP on education as of 2022. British Virgin Islands spends 3.2% of total GDP on education as of 2023.

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Geography

see 98.9% less coastline

India has a total of 7,000 km of coastline. In British Virgin Islands, that number is 80 km.

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Infrastructure

find 7.9 times more home broadband

India has 3.1 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. British Virgin Islands has 24.9 as of 2024.

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Sources: World Bank (2022–2024), The World Factbook. How we calculate this

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Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
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Size Comparison · See true size
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Moving from India to British Virgin Islands · UN DESA 2020
45 people born in India live in 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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