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Largest religious group: Christians. These are labels that describe the country, not numbers, so they are never compared with other measures. The numbers behind them, such as population shares, are.

Virgin Islands (U.S.)

Against high income countries, Virgin Islands (U.S.) ranks 3rd of 83 on environment and 79th 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 Virgin Islands (U.S.) 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 Virgin Islands (U.S.) 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?
Infrastructure score 2022+0.72130 of 21079 of 80proxy +0.90
Environment score 2024+1.454 of 2133 of 83moderate -0.33
Labour score 2025+0.3381 of 19558 of 67high +0.79

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 Virgin Islands (U.S.), 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.

crime

Homicide rate49.9per 100,000 population2012higher is worse

culture

Religiously unaffiliated4.03%% of population2020no agreed direction
Christian share94.5%% of population2020no agreed direction
Muslim share0.105%% of population2020no agreed direction
Women in a union48.5%% of women aged 15-492020no agreed direction

demography

Median age44.7years2023no agreed direction
Age at childbearing27.7years2023no agreed direction
Population103,792people2025no agreed direction
Population growth-0.562%% per year2025no agreed direction
Urbanization95.4%% of population2025no agreed direction
Population 65+23.1%% of population2025no agreed direction
Population 0-1416.5%% of population2025no agreed direction
Fertility rate1.97births per woman2024no agreed direction
Birth rate11.1per 1,000 people2024no agreed direction
Net migration-357people2025no agreed direction
Migrant share of population66.9%% of population2024no agreed direction

economy

GDP per capita (PPP)$46,479international $2022higher is better
GDP per capita (market)$36,983US$2022higher is better
GDP growth-1.31%% per year2022no agreed direction
Trade openness206%% of GDP2022no agreed direction
Government consumption34.4%% of GDP2022no agreed direction
Employment in agriculture1.59%% of employment2025no agreed direction

environment

CO2 per capita0.00192t CO2e per capita2024higher is worse
Forest area58.2%% of land area2023higher is better
Agricultural land9.43%% of land area2023no agreed direction
Protected land13.3%% of land area2025higher is better

governance

Control of corruption-0.0719index (approx. -2.5 to 2.5)2024higher is better
Rule of law0.579index (approx. -2.5 to 2.5)2024higher is better
Government effectiveness0.375index (approx. -2.5 to 2.5)2024higher is better
Regulatory quality1.1index (approx. -2.5 to 2.5)2024higher is better
Voice and accountability0.833index (approx. -2.5 to 2.5)2017higher is better
Political stability0.971index (approx. -2.5 to 2.5)2024higher is better

health

Life expectancy80.8years2024higher is better
Basic water access99.5%% of population2024higher is better
Basic sanitation99.3%% of population2024higher is better
Adolescent fertility31.1births per 1,000 women aged 15-192024higher is worse

infrastructure

Internet users64.4%% of population2017higher is better
Mobile subscriptions91.5per 100 people2022higher is better
Electricity access100%% of population2024higher is better
Slum share of urban population1.1%% of urban population2022higher is worse
Fixed broadband10.1per 100 people2022higher is better

labor

Unemployment11.4%% of labor force2025higher is worse
Female labor participation52.8%% of women 15+2025no agreed direction
Male labor participation56.2%% of men 15+2025no agreed direction
Vulnerable employment5.47%% of employment2025higher is worse

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 Virgin Islands (U.S.)

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