Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 15.8 years longer

In Western Sahara, the average life expectancy is 64 years (62 years for men, 67 years for women) as of 2020. In Virgin Islands, that number is 80 years (77 years for men, 84 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

make 18.5 times more money

Western Sahara has a GDP per capita of $2,500 as of 2007, while in Virgin Islands, the GDP per capita is $46,200 as of 2021.

Life

be 84.0% 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 Virgin Islands, on the other hand, 7.7 children do as of 2022.

have 60.4% fewer children

In Western Sahara, there are approximately 28.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2020. In Virgin Islands, there are 11.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Geography

see 83.1% less coastline

Western Sahara has a total of 1,110 km of coastline. In Virgin Islands, that number is 188 km.

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

Virgin Islands: At a glance

Virgin Islands (sometimes abbreviated USVI) is a sovereign country in Central America/Caribbean, with a total land area of approximately 346 sq km. The Danes secured control over the southern Virgin Islands of Saint Thomas, Saint John, and Saint Croix during the 17th and early 18th centuries. Sugarcane, produced by African slave labor, drove the islands' economy during the 18th and early 19th centuries. In 1917, the US purchased the Danish holdings, which had been in economic decline since the abolition of slavery in 1848.
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