Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Bahrain instead of Virgin Islands, you would:

Economy

be 90.4% less likely to be unemployed

In Virgin Islands, 11.4% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Bahrain, that number is 1.1% as of 2025.

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make 31.0% less money

Virgin Islands has a GDP per capita of $44,321 as of 2022, while in Bahrain, the GDP per capita is $30,597 as of 2025.

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Basic Needs

be 54.3% more likely to have internet access

In Virgin Islands, approximately 64.8% of the population has internet access as of 2022. In Bahrain, about 100.0% do as of 2024.

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Geography

see 14.4% less coastline

Virgin Islands has a total of 188 km of coastline. In Bahrain, that number is 161 km.

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Infrastructure

find 68.7% more home broadband

Virgin Islands has 10.1 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Bahrain has 17.0 as of 2024.

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

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Bahrain is 52.6% cheaper than Virgin Islands overall
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Bahrain: At a glance

Bahrain is a sovereign country in Middle East, with a total land area of approximately 760 sq km. In 1783, the Sunni Al-Khalifa family took power in Bahrain. In order to secure these holdings, it entered into a series of treaties with the UK during the 19th century that made Bahrain a British protectorate. The archipelago attained its independence in 1971. Facing declining oil reserves, Bahrain has turned to petroleum processing and refining and has become an international banking center. Bahrain's small size and central location among Gulf countries require it to play a delicate balancing act in foreign affairs among its larger neighbors. The Sunni-led government has struggled to manage relations with its large Shia-majority population. In early 2011, amid Arab uprisings elsewhere in the region, the Bahraini Government confronted similar protests at home with police and military action, including deploying Gulf Cooperation Council security forces to Bahrain. Sporadic clashes between demonstrators and security forces continue in Bahrain. Ongoing dissatisfaction with the political status quo has led to a broader discussion termed the Bahrain National Dialogue, a process that convenes members of the executive, parliament, and political societies in an attempt to reach a political agreement.
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