live 13.5 years longer
In Sao Tome and Principe, the average life expectancy is 66 years (65 years for men, 68 years for women) as of 2020. In Virgin Islands, that number is 80 years (77 years for men, 83 years for women) as of 2020.
In Sao Tome and Principe, the average life expectancy is 66 years (65 years for men, 68 years for women) as of 2020. In Virgin Islands, that number is 80 years (77 years for men, 83 years for women) as of 2020.
Sao Tome and Principe has a GDP per capita of $3,200 as of 2017, while in Virgin Islands, the GDP per capita is $37,000 as of 2016.
In Sao Tome and Principe, 12.2% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Virgin Islands, that number is 10.4% as of 2017.
In Sao Tome and Principe, 66.2% live below the poverty line as of 2009. In Virgin Islands, however, that number is 28.9% as of 2002.
In Sao Tome and Principe, approximately 41.7 children die before they reach the age of one as of 2020. In Virgin Islands, on the other hand, 7.4 children do as of 2020.
In Sao Tome and Principe, there are approximately 29.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2020. In Virgin Islands, there are 12.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2020.
In Sao Tome and Principe, approximately 68% of the population has electricity access as of 2017. In Virgin Islands, 100% of the population do as of 2016.
In Sao Tome and Principe, approximately 29.9% of the population has internet access as of 2018. In Virgin Islands, about 64.4% do as of 2018.
Sao Tome and Principe has a total of 209 km of coastline. In Virgin Islands, that number is 188 km.
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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The statistics on this page were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
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