Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in British Virgin Islands instead of Lithuania, you would:

Health

live 3.9 years longer

In Lithuania, the average life expectancy is 76 years (70 years for men, 81 years for women) as of 2022. In British Virgin Islands, that number is 80 years (78 years for men, 81 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

be 58.3% less likely to be unemployed

In Lithuania, 7.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In British Virgin Islands, that number is 2.9% as of 2015.

make 26.0% less money

Lithuania has a GDP per capita of $46,200 as of 2023, while in British Virgin Islands, the GDP per capita is $34,200 as of 2017.

Life

have 22.5% more children

In Lithuania, there are approximately 8.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In British Virgin Islands, there are 10.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

be 3.9 times more likely to die during infancy

In Lithuania, approximately 3.6 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In British Virgin Islands, on the other hand, 14.2 children do as of 2022.

Basic Needs

be 20.6% less likely to have internet access

In Lithuania, approximately 97.8% of the population has internet access as of 2022. In British Virgin Islands, about 77.7% do as of 2021.

Expenditures

spend 35.0% less on education

Lithuania spends 4.0% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. British Virgin Islands spends 2.6% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

Geography

see 11.1% less coastline

Lithuania has a total of 90 km of coastline. In British Virgin Islands, that number is 80 km.

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

British Virgin Islands: At a glance

British Virgin Islands (sometimes abbreviated BVI) is a sovereign country in Central America/Caribbean, with a total land area of approximately 151 sq km. First inhabited by Arawak and later by Carib Indians, the Virgin Islands were settled by the Dutch in 1648 and then annexed by the English in 1672. The islands were part of the British colony of the Leeward Islands from 1872-1960; they were granted autonomy in 1967. The economy is closely tied to the larger and more populous US Virgin Islands to the west; the US dollar is the legal currency.
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