Quality of life comparison

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

Health

live 10.2 years longer

In Tuvalu, the average life expectancy is 67 years (64 years for men, 71 years for women) as of 2024. 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 30.9% less likely to die during infancy

In Tuvalu, approximately 16.5 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2024. In British Virgin Islands, on the other hand, 11.4 children do as of 2024.

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have 62.6% fewer children

In Tuvalu, there are approximately 22.0 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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Expenditures

spend 75.3% less on education

Tuvalu spends 12.8% of its total GDP on education as of 2023. British Virgin Islands spends 3.2% of total GDP on education as of 2023.

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Geography

see 3.3 times more coastline

Tuvalu has a total of 24 km of coastline. In British Virgin Islands, that number is 80 km.

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Infrastructure

find 5.5 times more home broadband

Tuvalu has 4.5 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. British Virgin Islands has 24.9 as of 2024.

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Sources: World Bank (2022–2024), The World Factbook. How we calculate this

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Cost of Living Comparison · 3 categories - 2026 data
British Virgin Islands is 3.8 times more expensive than Tuvalu overall
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Tuvalu 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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