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

Health

live 9.1 years less

In Monaco, the average life expectancy is 86 years (85 years for men, 89 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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Economy

be 45.0% more likely to be unemployed

In Monaco, 2.0% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2012. In British Virgin Islands, that number is 2.9% as of 2015.

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Life

be 5.2 times more likely to die during infancy

In Monaco, approximately 2.2 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 14.0% fewer children

In Monaco, there are approximately 9.6 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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Basic Needs

be 21.5% less likely to have internet access

In Monaco, approximately 99.0% of the population has internet access as of 2024. In British Virgin Islands, about 77.7% do as of 2021.

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Expenditures

spend 83.2% more on education

Monaco spends 1.7% 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 19.5 times more coastline

Monaco has a total of 4 km of coastline. In British Virgin Islands, that number is 80 km.

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Infrastructure

find 55.3% less home broadband

Monaco has 55.7 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 (2023–2024), The World Factbook (2012–2021). How we calculate this

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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