Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Saint Lucia instead of Virgin Islands, you would:

Health

live 7.9 years less

In Virgin Islands, the average life expectancy is 81 years (78 years for men, 84 years for women) as of 2024. In Saint Lucia, that number is 73 years (69 years for men, 76 years for women) as of 2024.

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Economy

be 17.4% less likely to be unemployed

In Virgin Islands, 11.4% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Saint Lucia, that number is 9.4% as of 2025.

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make 66.7% less money

Virgin Islands has a GDP per capita of $44,321 as of 2022, while in Saint Lucia, the GDP per capita is $14,746 as of 2025.

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Life

be 2.1 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 Saint Lucia, on the other hand, 15.8 children do as of 2024.

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Geography

see 16.0% less coastline

Virgin Islands has a total of 188 km of coastline. In Saint Lucia, that number is 158 km.

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Infrastructure

find 34.8% more home broadband

Virgin Islands has 10.1 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Saint Lucia has 13.6 as of 2022.

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

Compare further: Virgin Islands vs. Saint Lucia

Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
Saint Lucia is 54.5% cheaper than Virgin Islands overall
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Size Comparison · See true size
Virgin Islands is about 3.1 times bigger than Saint Lucia.
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Moving from Virgin Islands to Saint Lucia · UN DESA 2020
89 people born in Virgin Islands live in Saint Lucia.
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Saint Lucia: At a glance

Saint Lucia is a sovereign country in Central America/Caribbean, with a total land area of approximately 606 sq km. The island, with its fine natural harbor at Castries, was contested between England and France throughout the 17th and early 18th centuries (changing possession 14 times); it was finally ceded to the UK in 1814. Even after the abolition of slavery on its plantations in 1834, Saint Lucia remained an agricultural island, dedicated to producing tropical commodity crops. Self-government was granted in 1967 and independence in 1979.
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