Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 2.0 years less

In Puerto Rico, the average life expectancy is 82 years (78 years for men, 85 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 51.7% less likely to be unemployed

In Puerto Rico, 6.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2022. In British Virgin Islands, that number is 2.9% as of 2015.

Life

have 39.7% more children

In Puerto Rico, there are approximately 7.8 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 2.3 times more 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 British Virgin Islands, on the other hand, 14.2 children do as of 2022.

Expenditures

spend 27.8% less on education

Puerto Rico spends 3.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2021. British Virgin Islands spends 2.6% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

Geography

see 84.0% less coastline

Puerto Rico has a total of 501 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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