Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 3.8 years less

In Maldives, the average life expectancy is 81 years (80 years for men, 83 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 2.4 times more likely to die during infancy

In Maldives, approximately 4.7 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 22.4% fewer children

In Maldives, there are approximately 10.6 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 38.7% less on education

Maldives spends 5.2% of its total GDP on education as of 2023. British Virgin Islands spends 3.2% of total GDP on education as of 2023.

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Geography

see 87.6% less coastline

Maldives has a total of 644 km of coastline. In British Virgin Islands, that number is 80 km.

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Infrastructure

find 26.8% more home broadband

Maldives has 19.6 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. British Virgin Islands has 24.9 as of 2024.

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Environment

emit 34.7% less CO2

Maldives emits 3.6 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 (2023–2024), The World Factbook. How we calculate this

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British Virgin Islands is 61.5% more expensive than Maldives overall
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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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