Quality of life comparison

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

Health

live 3.1 years less

In Saint Barthelemy, the average life expectancy is 81 years (77 years for men, 84 years for women) as of 2022. 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 69.9% more likely to die during infancy

In Saint Barthelemy, approximately 6.7 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In British Virgin Islands, on the other hand, 11.4 children do as of 2024.

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have 11.6% fewer children

In Saint Barthelemy, there are approximately 9.3 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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Sources: The World Factbook (2022–2024), World Bank (2024). How we calculate this

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Saint Barthelemy is about 6 times smaller than 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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