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Virgin Islands (U.S.)

Latin America & Caribbean · High income · capital Charlotte Amalie

Reports 11 of 21 indicators tracked here.

Every figure below is the most recent year this country reported — the years differ, sometimes by a decade. Nothing is interpolated or carried forward.

Health

Life expectancy

2024 · 2 years old

80.8years

Ranks 49 of 217 in 2024

8% above world median · 7% above Latin America & Caribbean

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Fertility rate

2024 · 2 years old

1.97births per woman

Not ranked — no better end

4% above world median

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Education

Primary enrolment

1993 · 33 years old

124.1% gross

Ranks 5 of 111 in 1993

25% above world median · 16% above Latin America & Caribbean

Medians computed across 111 countries reporting in 1993 — not a published figure

Economy

GDP per capita

2022 · 4 years old

44,321current US$

Ranks 32 of 209 in 2022

4.8× above world median · 2.9× above Latin America & Caribbean

Medians computed across 209 countries reporting in 2022 — not a published figure

GDP per capita (PPP)

2022 · 4 years old

49,785international $

Ranks 43 of 199 in 2022

1.7× above world median · 1.1× above Latin America & Caribbean

Medians computed across 199 countries reporting in 2022 — not a published figure

Unemployment

2025 · 1 year old

11.4% of labour force

Ranks 155 of 182 in 2025

1.3× above world median · 91% above Latin America & Caribbean

Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Infrastructure

Electricity access

2024 · 2 years old

100.0% of population

Ranks 1 of 215 in 2024

about the same world median · about the same Latin America & Caribbean

Medians computed across 215 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Safe drinking water

2024 · 2 years old

98.7% of population

Ranks 35 of 148 in 2024

22% above world median · 45% above Latin America & Caribbean

Medians computed across 148 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Internet use

2017 · 9 years old

64.4% of population

Ranks 88 of 200 in 2017

7% above world median · 4% above Latin America & Caribbean

Medians computed across 200 countries reporting in 2017 — not a published figure

Environment

CO₂ per person

2024 · 2 years old

0.00t CO₂e per person

Not ranked — no better end

100% below world median

Medians computed across 203 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Society

Population

2025 · 1 year old

103.8kpeople

Not ranked — no better end

98% below world median

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Never reported

Virgin Islands (U.S.) has no figure in this dataset for Extreme poverty, Income inequality (Gini), Inflation, Military spending, Under-5 mortality, Maternal mortality, Child stunting, Health spending, Adult literacy, Education spending. That is an absence of measurement, not a value of zero.

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved into this site's own database; see methodology.