Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Virgin Islands instead of Oman, you would:

Economy

make 2.2 times more money

Oman has a GDP per capita of $19,947 as of 2025, while in Virgin Islands, the GDP per capita is $44,321 as of 2022.

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be 3.5 times more likely to be unemployed

In Oman, 3.2% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Virgin Islands, that number is 11.4% as of 2025.

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Life

have 33.8% fewer children

In Oman, there are approximately 16.8 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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Basic Needs

be 32.0% less likely to have internet access

In Oman, approximately 95.2% of the population has internet access as of 2024. In Virgin Islands, about 64.8% do as of 2022.

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Geography

see 91.0% less coastline

Oman has a total of 2,092 km of coastline. In Virgin Islands, that number is 188 km.

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Sources: World Bank (2022–2025), The World Factbook (2022). How we calculate this

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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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