If you lived in Montserrat instead of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, you would:

Health

live 4.3 years longer

In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, the average life expectancy is 71 years (69 years for men, 74 years for women) as of 2024. In Montserrat, that number is 76 years (77 years for men, 75 years for women) as of 2022.

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Basic Needs

be 26.2% less likely to have internet access

In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, approximately 76.2% of the population has internet access as of 2024. In Montserrat, about 56.2% do as of 2021.

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Expenditures

spend 16.4% less on education

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines spends 6.5% of its total GDP on education as of 2023. Montserrat spends 5.4% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

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Geography

see 52.4% less coastline

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has a total of 84 km of coastline. In Montserrat, that number is 40 km.

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Infrastructure

find 2.5 times more home broadband

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has 29.5 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Montserrat has 72.6 as of 2022.

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Sources: The World Factbook (2020–2022), World Bank (2023–2024), United Nations SDG Indicators (2022). How we calculate this

Montserrat: At a glance

Montserrat is a sovereign country in Central America/Caribbean, with a total land area of approximately 102 sq km. English and Irish colonists from St. Kitts first settled on Montserrat in 1632; the first African slaves arrived three decades later. The British and French fought for possession of the island for most of the 18th century, but it finally was confirmed as a British possession in 1783. The island's sugar plantation economy was converted to small farm landholdings in the mid 19th century. Much of this island was devastated and two-thirds of the population fled abroad because of the eruption of the Soufriere Hills Volcano that began on 18 July 1995. Montserrat has endured volcanic activity since, with the last eruption occurring in July 2003.
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