International Rankings of British Virgin Islands 2024, 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.
For a definition of each entry, visit the Definitions page.

Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	32	22.00	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	179	6738	2020
Internet users - percent of population	37	77.70 %	2021
Internet users - total	209	24087	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	37	22.00	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	173	22571	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	50	110.00	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	205	35000	2021
Economy
Budget - expenditures	190	400.000 million US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	189	400.000 million US Dollars	2017
Current account balance	62	362.600 million US Dollars	2011
Debt - external	200	36.100 million US Dollars	1997
Exports	214	23.000 million US Dollars	2017
GDP (official exchange rate)	199	1.380 billion US Dollars	2018
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	11	94.70 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	128	7.50 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	183	25.10 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	157	69.40 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	77	21.70 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	3	20.40 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	148	0.20 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	170	6.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	5	93.10 % of GDP	2017
Imports	209	300.000 million US Dollars	2017
Industrial production growth rate	139	1.10 %	2017
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	79	4.20 %	2022
Labor force	213	12770 US Dollars	2004
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	214	500.000 million US Dollars	2017
Real GDP growth rate	149	2.00 %	2017
Real GDP per capita	57	34200 US Dollars	2017
Taxes and other revenues	14	38.90 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	184	2.90 %	2015
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	201	173000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total	202	173000	2019
Electricity - consumption	193	116.298 million kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	197	33000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	177	22.500 million kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	8	98.80 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	67	0.20 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	63	1.00 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	74	80.136 million Btu/person	2019
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	187	1200 bbl/day	2019
Refined petroleum products - imports	200	1227 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Land use - agricultural land	68	47	2018
Land use - arable land	113	7	2018
Land use - forest	113	24	2018
Land use - permanent crops	41	7	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	42	33	2018
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	76	1.73	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	119	50	2023
Geography
Area - land	219	151 sq km	N/A
Area - total	221	151 sq km	N/A
Coastline	160	80 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	155	521 meters	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	68	47	2018
Land use - arable land	113	7	2018
Land use - forest	113	24	2018
Land use - permanent crops	41	7	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	42	33	2018
Population Density	50	260.72 Persons per sq km	N/A
Population
Birth rate	124	10.90 births/1,000 population	2023
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	136	47 %	2023
Death rate	74	5.40 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	90	12.60 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	83	8.00 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	177	32.80 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	176	20.20 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	2	100 % of population	N/A
Education expenditures	60	3 % of GDP	2020
Gross reproduction rate	102	0.67 %	2023
Infant mortality rate - female	104	11.00 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - male	93	16.40 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	97	13.80 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Life expectancy at birth - female	42	82 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - male	33	78 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	33	80 years	2023
Median age - female	61	39 years	N/A
Median age - male	50	38 years	N/A
Median age - total	48	38 years	2023
Net migration rate	5	13.20 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Population	213	39369	2023
Population growth rate	42	1.87 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	21	98 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural	99	3 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - total	101	3 % of population	2015
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	74	3 % of population	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	18	0.98 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	34	0.89 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	23	0.90 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	28	0.91 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	140	1.37 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	76	1.73	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	119	50	2023
Transportation
Airports	122	3	2024
Heliports	65	1	2024
Merchant marine - total	120	29	2023
Roadways - paved	119	200 km	2007
Roadways - total	130	200 km	N/A

*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 2024 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of British Virgin Islands 2024 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about British Virgin Islands 2024 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.