Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 15.2 years longer

In Western Sahara, the average life expectancy is 64 years (62 years for men, 67 years for women) as of 2020. In British Virgin Islands, that number is 80 years (78 years for men, 81 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

make 13.7 times more money

Western Sahara has a GDP per capita of $2,500 as of 2007, while in British Virgin Islands, the GDP per capita is $34,200 as of 2017.

Life

be 70.4% less likely to die during infancy

In Western Sahara, approximately 47.9 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2020. In British Virgin Islands, on the other hand, 14.2 children do as of 2022.

have 61.1% fewer children

In Western Sahara, there are approximately 28.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2020. In British Virgin Islands, there are 10.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Geography

see 92.8% less coastline

Western Sahara has a total of 1,110 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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