Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Anguilla instead of Puerto Rico, you would:

Economy

make 71.6% less money

Puerto Rico has a GDP per capita of $43,000 as of 2023, while in Anguilla, the GDP per capita is $12,200 as of 2008.

be 34.2% more likely to be unemployed

In Puerto Rico, 6.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Anguilla, that number is 8.0% as of 2002.

Life

be 49.2% less likely to die during infancy

In Puerto Rico, approximately 6.0 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Anguilla, on the other hand, 3.1 children do as of 2022.

have 51.3% more children

In Puerto Rico, there are approximately 7.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Anguilla, there are 11.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Expenditures

spend 11.1% more on education

Puerto Rico spends 3.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2021. Anguilla spends 4.0% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

Geography

see 87.8% less coastline

Puerto Rico has a total of 501 km of coastline. In Anguilla, that number is 61 km.

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

Anguilla: At a glance

Anguilla is a sovereign country in Central America/Caribbean, with a total land area of approximately 91 sq km. Colonized by English settlers from Saint Kitts in 1650, Anguilla was administered by Great Britain until the early 19th century, when the island - against the wishes of the inhabitants - was incorporated into a single British dependency along with Saint Kitts and Nevis. Several attempts at separation failed. In 1971, two years after a revolt, Anguilla was finally allowed to secede; this arrangement was formally recognized in 1980, with Anguilla becoming a separate British dependency.
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