Quality of life comparison

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

Health

live 4.5 years longer

In Samoa, the average life expectancy is 75 years (72 years for men, 78 years for women) as of 2022. In British Virgin Islands, that number is 80 years (78 years for men, 81 years for women) as of 2022.

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Life

be 16.7% less likely to die during infancy

In Samoa, approximately 17.0 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2020. In British Virgin Islands, on the other hand, 14.2 children do as of 2022.

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have 42.0% fewer children

In Samoa, there are approximately 18.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In British Virgin Islands, there are 10.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 45.8% less on education

Samoa spends 4.8% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. British Virgin Islands spends 2.6% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

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Geography

see 80.1% less coastline

Samoa has a total of 403 km of coastline. In British Virgin Islands, that number is 80 km.

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The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: 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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