Quality of life comparison

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

Economy

be 21.6% less likely to be unemployed

In Virgin Islands, 11.4% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Chile, that number is 9.0% as of 2025.

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make 59.4% less money

Virgin Islands has a GDP per capita of $44,321 as of 2022, while in Chile, the GDP per capita is $17,995 as of 2025.

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Life

be 24.2% less likely to die during infancy

In Virgin Islands, approximately 7.7 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Chile, on the other hand, 5.8 children do as of 2024.

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have 21.4% fewer children

In Virgin Islands, there are approximately 11.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Chile, there are 8.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 47.5% more likely to have internet access

In Virgin Islands, approximately 64.8% of the population has internet access as of 2022. In Chile, about 95.6% do as of 2024.

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Geography

see 34.2 times more coastline

Virgin Islands has a total of 188 km of coastline. In Chile, that number is 6,435 km.

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Infrastructure

find 2.4 times more home broadband

Virgin Islands has 10.1 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Chile has 23.7 as of 2024.

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

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Chile: At a glance

Chile is a sovereign country in South America, with a total land area of approximately 743,812 sq km. Prior to the arrival of the Spanish in the 16th century, the Inca ruled northern Chile while the Mapuche inhabited central and southern Chile. Although Chile declared its independence in 1810, decisive victory over the Spanish was not achieved until 1818. In the War of the Pacific (1879-83), Chile defeated Peru and Bolivia and won its present northern regions. It was not until the 1880s that the Mapuche were brought under central government control. After a series of elected governments, the three-year-old Marxist government of Salvador ALLENDE was overthrown in 1973 by a military coup led by Augusto PINOCHET, who ruled until a freely elected president was inaugurated in 1990. Sound economic policies, maintained consistently since the 1980s, contributed to steady growth, reduced poverty rates by over half, and helped secure the country's commitment to democratic and representative government. Chile has increasingly assumed regional and international leadership roles befitting its status as a stable, democratic nation. In January 2014, Chile assumed a nonpermanent seat on the UN Security Council for the 2014-15 term.
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