If you lived in Antigua and Barbuda instead of Turks and Caicos Islands, you would:

Economy

make 33.8% less money

Turks and Caicos Islands has a GDP per capita of $37,507 as of 2024, while in Antigua and Barbuda, the GDP per capita is $24,819 as of 2025.

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Life

have 11.5% more children

In Turks and Caicos Islands, there are approximately 10.5 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Antigua and Barbuda, there are 11.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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be 2.3 times more likely to die during infancy

In Turks and Caicos Islands, approximately 3.0 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2024. In Antigua and Barbuda, on the other hand, 7.0 children do as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 22.2% less likely to have internet access

In Turks and Caicos Islands, approximately 93.5% of the population has internet access as of 2022. In Antigua and Barbuda, about 72.7% do as of 2024.

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Geography

see 60.7% less coastline

Turks and Caicos Islands has a total of 389 km of coastline. In Antigua and Barbuda, that number is 153 km.

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Safety

be 86.0% less likely to be murdered

Turks and Caicos Islands has a homicide rate of 76.3 per 100,000 people as of 2022. In Antigua and Barbuda, that number is 10.7 per 100,000 as of 2023.

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Environment

emit 22.8% less CO2

Turks and Caicos Islands emits 4.9 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. Antigua and Barbuda emits 3.8 tonnes as of 2024.

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

Antigua and Barbuda: At a glance

Antigua and Barbuda is a sovereign country in Central America/Caribbean, with a total land area of approximately 442 sq km. The Siboney were the first people to inhabit the islands of Antigua and Barbuda in 2400 B.C., but Arawak Indians populated the islands when COLUMBUS landed on his second voyage in 1493. Early Spanish and French settlements were succeeded by an English colony in 1667. Slavery, established to run the sugar plantations on Antigua, was abolished in 1834. The islands became an independent state within the British Commonwealth of Nations in 1981.
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