Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Virgin Islands instead of Isle of Man, you would:

Economy

make 50.8% less money

Isle of Man has a GDP per capita of $90,015 as of 2023, while in Virgin Islands, the GDP per capita is $44,321 as of 2022.

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Life

have 34.1% more children

In Isle of Man, there are approximately 8.3 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 80.4% more likely to die during infancy

In Isle of Man, approximately 4.2 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Virgin Islands, on the other hand, 7.7 children do as of 2022.

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Geography

see 17.5% more coastline

Isle of Man has a total of 160 km of coastline. In Virgin Islands, that number is 188 km.

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

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Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
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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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