Quality of life comparison

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

Life

be 25.5% less likely to die during infancy

In Lebanon, approximately 15.3 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 48.5% fewer children

In Lebanon, 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 2.6 times more on education

Lebanon spends 1.2% of its total GDP on education as of 2024. British Virgin Islands spends 3.2% of total GDP on education as of 2023.

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Geography

see 64.4% less coastline

Lebanon has a total of 225 km of coastline. In British Virgin Islands, that number is 80 km.

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Infrastructure

find 3.4 times more home broadband

Lebanon has 7.3 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. British Virgin Islands has 24.9 as of 2024.

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Environment

emit 22.6% more CO2

Lebanon emits 1.9 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. British Virgin Islands emits 2.3 tonnes 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
British Virgin Islands is 75.8% more expensive than Lebanon overall
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Size Comparison · See true size
Lebanon is about 69 times bigger than British Virgin Islands.
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Moving from Lebanon to British Virgin Islands · UN DESA 2020
27 people born in Lebanon 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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