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Compare countries
Put up to five countries side by side across every indicator. The leader in each row is marked — direction-aware, so “best” always means best.
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IndicatorVGBBritish Virgin IslandsLatin America & Caribbean
Economy
Capital stock per worker2017 US$ per worker286,693.6rank #48
Health
Basic drinking water access% pop99.9%rank #26
Basic sanitation access% pop96.9%rank #62
Child mortalityper 1001.2rank #57
Infant mortalityper 1k births11.4rank #59
Life expectancyyears77.4rank #81
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100k0rank #1
Under-5 mortality rateper 1k births12.4rank #87
Education
Education spending% GDP3.2%rank #79
Primary completion rate% relevant age46.4%rank #110
Primary enrollment% gross72.8%rank #133
Secondary enrollment% gross75.6%rank #92
Tertiary enrollment% gross29.6%rank #66
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,0008.2rank #173
Fertility ratebirths/woman1rank #191
Median age of populationyears37.5rank #67
Net migration rateper 1,00015.1rank #10
Populationpeople39,732rank #210
Population growth%0.66%rank #124
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)years81.6rank #79
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousands40.3rank #209
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-age32.2rank #213
Urban population%57.4%rank #125
Climate
CO₂ emissionst192,507rank #196
CO₂ per capitat4.9rank #65
Electricity access% pop100%rank #1
Electricity from coal% generation0%rank #1
Electricity from hydro% generation0%rank #147
Electricity from solar% generation0%rank #153
Electricity from wind% generation0%rank #105
Forest area% land24.1%rank #122
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWh647.1rank #159
Renewable electricity%0%rank #181
Renewable energy share%1.3%rank #59
Society
Asylum seekerspeople7rank #3
Fixed broadband subscriptionsper 10024.9rank #64
Homicide rateper 100k8.2rank #93
Internet users% pop77.7%rank #55
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0rank #89
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.01rank #56
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)0.02rank #72
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)0.06rank #82
Refugees hosted (by country of asylum)people6rank #158
Refugees originating (by country of origin)people20rank #11
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