Quality of life comparison

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

Economy

make 2.4 times more money

Virgin Islands has a GDP per capita of $44,321 as of 2022, while in Cayman Islands, the GDP per capita is $104,293 as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 25.2% more likely to have internet access

In Virgin Islands, approximately 64.8% of the population has internet access as of 2022. In Cayman Islands, about 81.1% do as of 2021.

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Geography

see 14.9% less coastline

Virgin Islands has a total of 188 km of coastline. In Cayman Islands, that number is 160 km.

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Infrastructure

find 5.6 times more home broadband

Virgin Islands has 10.1 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Cayman Islands has 56.4 as of 2022.

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Sources: World Bank (2022–2024), The World Factbook (2021–2022). How we calculate this

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Cayman Islands: At a glance

Cayman Islands is a sovereign country in Central America/Caribbean, with a total land area of approximately 264 sq km. The Cayman Islands were colonized from Jamaica by the British during the 18th and 19th centuries and were administered by Jamaica after 1863. In 1959, the islands became a territory within the Federation of the West Indies. When the Federation dissolved in 1962, the Cayman Islands chose to remain a British dependency.
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