Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Cuba instead of Virgin Islands, you would:
Economy
be 90.4% less likely to be unemployed
In Virgin Islands, 12.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Cuba, that number is 1.2% as of 2023.
make 73.4% less money
Virgin Islands has a GDP per capita of $46,200 as of 2021, while in Cuba, the GDP per capita is $12,300 as of 2016.
Life
be 46.0% less likely to die during infancy
In Virgin Islands, approximately 7.7 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Cuba, on the other hand, 4.1 children do as of 2022.
have 10.8% fewer children
In Virgin Islands, there are approximately 11.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Cuba, there are 9.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.
Geography
see 19.9 times more coastline
Virgin Islands has a total of 188 km of coastline. In Cuba, that number is 3,735 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Cuba: At a glance
How big is Cuba compared to Virgin Islands? See an in-depth size comparison.