Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 2.8 years longer

In Oman, the average life expectancy is 77 years (75 years for men, 79 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

make 14.5% less money

Oman has a GDP per capita of $40,000 as of 2023, while in British Virgin Islands, the GDP per capita is $34,200 as of 2017.

be 98.6% more likely to be unemployed

In Oman, 1.5% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In British Virgin Islands, that number is 2.9% as of 2015.

Life

have 48.3% fewer children

In Oman, there are approximately 21.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In British Virgin Islands, there are 10.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Basic Needs

be 19.1% less likely to have internet access

In Oman, approximately 96.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In British Virgin Islands, about 77.7% do as of 2021.

Expenditures

spend 51.9% less on education

Oman spends 5.4% 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 96.2% less coastline

Oman has a total of 2,092 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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