Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Virgin Islands instead of Costa Rica, you would:

Economy

make 79.1% more money

Costa Rica has a GDP per capita of $25,800 as of 2023, while in Virgin Islands, the GDP per capita is $46,200 as of 2021.

be 45.7% more likely to be unemployed

In Costa Rica, 8.3% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Virgin Islands, that number is 12.1% as of 2023.

be 13.3% more likely to live below the poverty line

In Costa Rica, 25.5% live below the poverty line as of 2022. In Virgin Islands, however, that number is 28.9% as of 2002.

Basic Needs

be 21.9% less likely to have internet access

In Costa Rica, approximately 83.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Virgin Islands, about 64.8% do as of 2022.

Geography

see 85.4% less coastline

Costa Rica has a total of 1,290 km of coastline. In Virgin Islands, that number is 188 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.

Virgin Islands: At a glance

Virgin Islands (sometimes abbreviated USVI) is a sovereign country in Central America/Caribbean, with a total land area of approximately 346 sq km. The Danes secured control over the southern Virgin Islands of Saint Thomas, Saint John, and Saint Croix during the 17th and early 18th centuries. Sugarcane, produced by African slave labor, drove the islands' economy during the 18th and early 19th centuries. In 1917, the US purchased the Danish holdings, which had been in economic decline since the abolition of slavery in 1848.
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