Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 8.0 years less

In Virgin Islands, the average life expectancy is 81 years (78 years for men, 84 years for women) as of 2024. In Guatemala, that number is 73 years (70 years for men, 75 years for women) as of 2024.

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Economy

be 77.3% less likely to be unemployed

In Virgin Islands, 11.4% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Guatemala, that number is 2.6% as of 2025.

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make 85.1% less money

Virgin Islands has a GDP per capita of $44,321 as of 2022, while in Guatemala, the GDP per capita is $6,598 as of 2025.

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Life

have 85.8% more children

In Virgin Islands, there are approximately 11.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Guatemala, there are 20.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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be 2.2 times more 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 Guatemala, on the other hand, 17.2 children do as of 2024.

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Geography

see 2.1 times more coastline

Virgin Islands has a total of 188 km of coastline. In Guatemala, that number is 400 km.

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Infrastructure

find 47.0% less home broadband

Virgin Islands has 10.1 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Guatemala has 5.3 as of 2024.

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

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Guatemala: At a glance

Guatemala is a sovereign country in Central America/Caribbean, with a total land area of approximately 107,159 sq km. The Maya civilization flourished in Guatemala and surrounding regions during the first millennium A.D. After almost three centuries as a Spanish colony, Guatemala won its independence in 1821. During the second half of the 20th century, it experienced a variety of military and civilian governments, as well as a 36-year guerrilla war. In 1996, the government signed a peace agreement formally ending the internal conflict, which had left more than 200,000 people dead and had created, by some estimates, about 1 million refugees.
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