Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 2.7 years longer

In Vietnam, the average life expectancy is 75 years (70 years for men, 79 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

have 38.7% fewer children

In Vietnam, there are approximately 13.4 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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Geography

see 97.7% less coastline

Vietnam has a total of 3,444 km of coastline. In British Virgin Islands, that number is 80 km.

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Environment

emit 45.4% less CO2

Vietnam emits 4.3 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. British Virgin Islands emits 2.3 tonnes as of 2024.

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

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British Virgin Islands is 3.0 times more expensive than Vietnam overall
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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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