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British Virgin Islands

Against high income countries, British Virgin Islands ranks 55th of 83 on environment and 70th of 80 on infrastructure. Each ranking counts only the countries that report that score, so the totals differ and the two ranks can’t be compared directly. Both compare British Virgin Islands with countries of similar wealth. That is the only kind of ranking that tells you something a ranking by income does not already show.

How it has changed

Every measure British Virgin Islands reports, over all the years it has been published. Pick one. Hover or use the arrow keys to read a year. Gaps in a line are years with no data. They are left open, not filled in.

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Scores by area

Each score averages the measures in one area, such as health. Each measure is first put on a common scale and turned so that higher is always better. Zero is the average country in an average year. One point is a typical gap between countries (a standard deviation), so +1 means about one typical gap above average. These are summaries, not measurements. See how the country scores are built and how the topic scores compare with each other.

ScoreValueRank, all countriesRank, similar incomeMostly income?
Education score 2016+0.58101 of 19960 of 72proxy +0.81
Infrastructure score 2024+1.0198 of 21070 of 80proxy +0.90
Environment score 2024-0.40151 of 21355 of 83moderate -0.33

The last column shows how closely each score just tracks national income. The number is its link with GDP per person (the value of everything a country produces, divided by its people), from −1 to +1. A score marked proxy is mostly a measure of how rich the country is. Its rank among all countries says little that GDP per person does not. That is why the rank among similar-income countries sits beside it.

The measures behind them

Every measure reported for British Virgin Islands, grouped by area. Some measures have no agreed better direction, such as population growth, inflation and military spending. They are listed here but left out of every score, since there is no fair way to say which way is better. Some names use technical terms: PPP means adjusted for what money buys in each country, HDI is a United Nations score combining life expectancy, schooling and income, and a Gini indexmeasures how unequally income is shared. Each measure’s own page explains it.

culture

Marriage rate (UN)4.54marriages per 1,000 people2021no agreed direction
Divorce rate (UN)1.15divorces per 1,000 people2021no agreed direction

demography

Median age37.5years2023no agreed direction
Age at childbearing28.5years2023no agreed direction
Population39,732people2025no agreed direction
Population growth0.659%% per year2025no agreed direction
Urbanization57.4%% of population2025no agreed direction
Population 65+10.1%% of population2025no agreed direction
Population 0-1414.1%% of population2025no agreed direction
Fertility rate1.05births per woman2024no agreed direction
Birth rate8.22per 1,000 people2024no agreed direction
Net migration153people2025no agreed direction
Migrant share of population62.1%% of population2024no agreed direction

economy

Corporate tax rate0%% of profit2018no agreed direction

education

Education spending3.17%% of GDP2023no agreed direction
Primary enrollment72.8%% gross2024higher is better
Secondary enrollment75.6%% gross2024higher is better
Tertiary enrollment29.6%% gross2024higher is better
Compulsory schooling12years2025no agreed direction
Out of school, primary27%% of primary-age children2024higher is worse
Pupil-teacher ratio11.6pupils per teacher2017higher is worse

environment

CO2 per capita2.33t CO2e per capita2024higher is worse
Forest area24.1%% of land area2023higher is better
Agricultural land46.7%% of land area2023no agreed direction
Protected land10.5%% of land area2025higher is better

governance

Refugees originating0per 100,000 people2024higher is worse

health

Life expectancy77.4years2024higher is better
Infant mortality11.4per 1,000 live births2024higher is worse
Under-5 mortality12.4per 1,000 live births2024higher is worse
Basic water access99.9%% of population2024higher is better
Basic sanitation96.9%% of population2016higher is better
Adolescent fertility15.1births per 1,000 women aged 15-192024higher is worse
Tuberculosis incidence0per 100,000 people2024higher is worse

infrastructure

Internet users77.7%% of population2017higher is better
Mobile subscriptions93.1per 100 people2024higher is better
Electricity access100%% of population2024higher is better
Slum share of urban population0.136%% of urban population2022higher is worse
Fixed broadband24.9per 100 people2024higher is better

Values are the most recent in 2010–2025, and different measures can come from different years. The year is shown beside each. Nothing here ranks countries by merit. An area score averages whatever measures its publishers happen to collect, and the choice of what to collect is itself a judgement made by someone else. All countries · How the country data works

Countries to compare with British Virgin Islands

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