Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Economy

make 3.0 times more money

Cuba has a GDP per capita of $12,300 as of 2016, while in Virgin Islands, the GDP per capita is $37,000 as of 2016.

be 10.3 times more likely to be unemployed

In Cuba, 1.2% of adults are unemployed as of 2022. In Virgin Islands, that number is 12.9% as of 2022.

Life

have 12.1% more children

In Cuba, there are approximately 9.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Virgin Islands, there are 11.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

be 85.2% more likely to die during infancy

In Cuba, approximately 4.1 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Virgin Islands, on the other hand, 7.7 children do as of 2022.

Geography

see 95.0% less coastline

Cuba has a total of 3,735 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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