Quality of life comparison
If you lived in British Virgin Islands instead of Saint Lucia, you would:
Economy
make 50.7% more money
Saint Lucia has a GDP per capita of $22,700 as of 2023, while in British Virgin Islands, the GDP per capita is $34,200 as of 2017.
be 73.9% less likely to be unemployed
In Saint Lucia, 11.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In British Virgin Islands, that number is 2.9% as of 2015.
Life
be 18.1% more likely to die during infancy
In Saint Lucia, approximately 12.0 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
Saint Lucia spends 3.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. British Virgin Islands spends 2.6% of total GDP on education as of 2020.
Geography
see 49.4% less coastline
Saint Lucia has a total of 158 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
How big is British Virgin Islands compared to Saint Lucia? See an in-depth size comparison.