Quality of life comparison

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

Health

live 6.2 years less

In Virgin Islands, the average life expectancy is 81 years (78 years for men, 84 years for women) as of 2024. In Kazakhstan, that number is 75 years (70 years for men, 79 years for women) as of 2024.

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Economy

be 58.3% less likely to be unemployed

In Virgin Islands, 11.4% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Kazakhstan, that number is 4.8% as of 2025.

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make 66.9% less money

Virgin Islands has a GDP per capita of $44,321 as of 2022, while in Kazakhstan, the GDP per capita is $14,692 as of 2025.

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Life

have 75.9% more children

In Virgin Islands, there are approximately 11.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Kazakhstan, there are 19.5 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 44.1% more likely to have internet access

In Virgin Islands, approximately 64.8% of the population has internet access as of 2022. In Kazakhstan, about 93.4% do as of 2024.

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Infrastructure

find 52.1% more home broadband

Virgin Islands has 10.1 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Kazakhstan has 15.3 as of 2024.

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

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Kazakhstan: At a glance

Kazakhstan is a sovereign country in Central Asia, with a total land area of approximately 2,699,700 sq km. Ethnic Kazakhs, a mix of Turkic and Mongol nomadic tribes who migrated to the region by the 13th century, were rarely united as a single nation. The area was conquered by Russia in the 18th century, and Kazakhstan became a Soviet Republic in 1936. During the 1950s and 1960s agricultural "Virgin Lands" program, Soviet citizens were encouraged to help cultivate Kazakhstan's northern pastures. This influx of immigrants (mostly Russians, but also some other deported nationalities) skewed the ethnic mixture and enabled non-ethnic Kazakhs to outnumber natives. Non-Muslim ethnic minorities departed Kazakhstan in large numbers from the mid-1990s through the mid-2000s and a national program has repatriated about a million ethnic Kazakhs back to Kazakhstan. These trends have allowed Kazakhs to become the titular majority again. This dramatic demographic shift has also undermined the previous religious diversity and made the country more than 70 percent Muslim. Kazakhstan's economy is larger than those of all the other Central Asian states largely due to the country's vast natural resources. Current issues include: developing a cohesive national identity; managing Islamic revivalism; expanding the development of the country's vast energy resources and exporting them to world markets; diversifying the economy outside the oil, gas, and mining sectors; enhancing Kazakhstan's economic competitiveness; developing a multiparty parliament and advancing political and social reform; and strengthening relations with neighboring states and other foreign powers.
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