Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 2.0 years longer

In New York, the average life expectancy is 78 years (78 years for men, 83 years for women) as of 2020. In British Virgin Islands, that number is 80 years (78 years for men, 81 years for women) as of 2022.

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Basic Needs

be 13.4% less likely to have internet access

In New York, approximately 89.7% of the population has internet access as of 2023. In British Virgin Islands, about 77.7% do as of 2021.

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The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: OECD Regional Demography, US Census Bureau (American Community Survey), The World Factbook.

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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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