International Rankings of British Virgin Islands 2022, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of British Virgin Islands, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of British Virgin Islands, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	31	22	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	172	6738	2020
Internet users - percent of population	29	78 %	2020
Internet users - total	196	23585	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	32	23	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	176	7000	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	59	116	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	198	35163	2020
Economy
Budget - expenditures	184	400.000 million US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	184	400.000 million US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	26	0 % of GDP	0
Exports	62	23.000 million US Dollars	2017
GDP (official exchange rate)	191	1.028 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	11	94.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	122	7.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	176	25.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	147	69.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	74	21.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	3	20.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	141	0.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	157	6.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	5	93.1 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	111	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	46	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	75	1.1 %	2017
Labor force	198	12770 US Dollars	2004
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	135	0.6 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	4	40 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	74	59.4 %	2005
Population below poverty line	151	N/A	0
Public debt	58	N/A % of GDP	2022
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	200	N/A US Dollars	2022
Real GDP per capita	37	34200 US Dollars	2017
Taxes and other revenues	45	38.9 % of GDP	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	144	N/A	2022
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	140	N/A	2022
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	139	N/A	2022
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	123	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	122	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	190	173000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	117	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	58	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	108	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	72	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	71	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	185	116.298 million kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - imports	113	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - installed generating capacity	188	33000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	170	22.500 million kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	7	98.8 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	16	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	126	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	64	0.2 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	5	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	60	1 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	73	80.136 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	119	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	55	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	86	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	94	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	90	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	70	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	80	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	87	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	178	1200 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	101	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	122	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	186	1227 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	108	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	177	N/A megatons	2022
Air pollutants - methane emissions	176	N/A megatons	2022
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	182	N/A micrograms per cubic meter	2022
Land use - agricultural land	64	46.7	2018
Land use - arable land	104	6.7	2018
Land use - forest	103	24.3	2018
Land use - other	77	29	2018
Land use - permanent crops	38	6.7	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	40	33.3	2018
Revenue from coal	30	N/A % of GDP	2022
Revenue from forest resources	95	N/A % of GDP	2022
Total renewable water resources	176	N/A cubic meters	2022
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	167	N/A cubic meters	2022
Total water withdrawal - industrial	159	N/A cubic meters	2022
Total water withdrawal - municipal	170	N/A cubic meters	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	73	1.73	2025
Urbanization - urban population	113	49.7	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	118	N/A tons	2022
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	118	N/A tons	2022
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	86	N/A %	2022
Geography
Area - land	199	151 sq km	0
Area - total	199	151 sq km	0
Area - water	201	0 sq km	0
Coastline	138	80 km	0
Elevation - highest point	143	521 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	32	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	147	N/A meters	2022
Irrigated land	153	N/A sq km	0
Land boundaries - total	151	N/A km	2022
Land use - agricultural land	64	46.7	2018
Land use - arable land	104	6.7	2018
Land use - forest	103	24.3	2018
Land use - other	77	29	2018
Land use - permanent crops	38	6.7	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	40	33.3	2018
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	139	12.22	2418
Age structure - 25-54 years	12	47.84	9652
Age structure - 55-64 years	47	12.83	2521
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	148	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2022
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	63	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2022
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	132	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2022
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	164	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2022
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	94	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2022
Birth rate	153	10.95 births/1,000 population	2022
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	99	N/A %	0
Contraceptive prevalence rate	125	N/A %	0
Current health expenditure	91	N/A % of GDP	0
Death rate	147	5.38 deaths/1,000 population	2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	81	12.6 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	82	8 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	166	32.8 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	165	20.2 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	2	99.9 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	105	N/A % of population	2022
Drinking water source - total	100	N/A % of population	2022
Drinking water source - unimproved	60	0.1 % of population	2020
Education expenditures	58	2.6 % of GDP	2020
Hospital bed density	70	N/A beds/1,000 population	2022
Infant mortality rate - female	104	11.28 deaths/1,000 live births	2022
Infant mortality rate - male	94	16.89 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	99	14.16 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	55	81.25 years	2022
Life expectancy at birth - male	39	78.17 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	45	79.67 years	0
Literacy - female	118	N/A %	0
Literacy - male	103	N/A %	0
Literacy - total population	112	N/A %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	113	N/A deaths/100,000 live births	2022
Median age - female	56	37.5 years	2020
Median age - male	43	37 years	0
Median age - total	46	37.2 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	85	N/A	2022
Net migration rate	4	13.56 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	138	N/A %	2022
Physicians density	154	N/A physicians/1,000 population	0
Population	198	38632	2022
Population growth rate	39	1.91 %	2022
Sanitation facility access - improved	21	97.5 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	93	2.5 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	96	2.5 % of population	2015
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	72	2.5 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	11	12 years	2018
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	8	12 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	10	12 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	17	0.98 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	30	0.92	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	33	0.88	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	28	0.93	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	21	0.76 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	26	0.91 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	110	N/A %	2022
Tobacco use - male	137	N/A %	2022
Tobacco use - total	123	N/A %	2022
Total fertility rate	130	1.35 children born/woman	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	73	1.73	2025
Urbanization - urban population	113	49.7	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	144	N/A	2022
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	140	N/A	2022
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	139	N/A	2022
Transportation
Airports	116	4	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	44	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	38	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	42	1	0
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	26	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - total	74	2	0
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	34	1	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	30	N/A	2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	56	2	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	92	2	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	67	N/A	2022
Heliports	23	N/A	2022
Merchant marine - total	112	30	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	133	N/A	2022
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	153	N/A	2022
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	100	N/A	2022
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	28	N/A	2022
Railways - standard gauge	71	N/A	2022
Railways - total	128	N/A km	2022
Roadways - paved	141	200 km	2007
Roadways - total	150	200 km	2007
Waterways	105	N/A km	2022

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

NOTE: The information regarding British Virgin Islands on this page is re-published from the 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of British Virgin Islands 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about British Virgin Islands 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.