International Rankings of Virgin Islands 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Virgin Islands, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of 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	148	N/A	2021
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	198	N/A	2021
Internet users - percent of population	103	64.38 %	2018
Internet users - total	184	68872	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	4	72.41	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	142	77212	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	210	N/A	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	213	N/A	2021
Economy
Budget - expenditures	161	1.518 billion US Dollars	2016
Budget - revenues	154	1.496 billion US Dollars	2016
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	34	0.4 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	152	N/A	2021
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	154	N/A	2021
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	133	N/A	2021
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	154	N/A	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	161	5.182 billion US Dollars	2016
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	66	46.7 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	18	26.8 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	73	68.2 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	140	64.3 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	136	7.5 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	6	15 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	131	2 % of GDP	2012
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	118	20 % of GDP	2012
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	29	78 % of GDP	2012
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	110	N/A %	0
Labor force	187	48550 US Dollars	2016
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	138	1 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	74	19 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	19	80 %	2003
Population below poverty line	59	28.9	2002
Public debt	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	175	3.872 billion US Dollars	2016
Real GDP per capita	198	N/A US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	76	28.9 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	148	2.764 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	82	0	2015
Crude oil - imports	84	0	2015
Crude oil - production	89	0	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	90	0	2018
Electricity - consumption	159	654.700 million kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	3	98	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	69	0	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	39	2	2017
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	155	325000 kWh	2016
Electricity - production	152	704.000 million	2016
Natural gas - consumption	108	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	56	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	79	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	92	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	94	0	2014
Refined petroleum products - consumption	161	1240	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	97	3285 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	112	23480 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	110	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	180	N/A megatons	2021
Air pollutants - methane emissions	181	N/A megatons	2021
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	186	N/A micrograms per cubic meter	2021
Land use - agricultural land	158	11.5	2018
Land use - arable land	132	2.9	2018
Land use - forest	31	57.4	2018
Land use - other	76	31.1	2018
Land use - permanent crops	59	2.9	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	125	5.7	2018
Revenue from coal	32	N/A % of GDP	2021
Revenue from forest resources	95	0 % of GDP	2017
Total renewable water resources	180	N/A	2021
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	171	N/A cubic meters	2021
Total water withdrawal - industrial	162	N/A cubic meters	2021
Total water withdrawal - municipal	174	N/A cubic meters	2021
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	165	0.11	2025
Urbanization - urban population	5	96	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2021
Geography
Area - land	200	346 sq km	0
Area - total	178	1910 sq km	0
Area - water	44	1.564 million sq km	0
Coastline	130	188 km	0
Elevation - highest point	152	474 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	34	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	150	N/A meters	2021
Irrigated land	146	1 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	156	N/A km	2021
Land use - agricultural land	158	11.5	2018
Land use - arable land	132	2.9	2018
Land use - forest	31	57.4	2018
Land use - other	76	31.1	2018
Land use - permanent crops	59	2.9	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	125	5.7	2018
Total renewable water resources	179	N/A	2021
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	184	10.16 %	5535
Age structure - 25-54 years	158	36.07 %	0342
Age structure - 55-64 years	20	14.24 %	7859
Birth rate	149	11.84 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	131	N/A %	2021
Current Health Expenditure	88	N/A % of GDP	2021
Death rate	59	8.58 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	5	34 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	116	2.9 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	51	66 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	108	32 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	11	98.7 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	108	N/A % of population	2021
Drinking water source - total	100	N/A % of population	2021
Drinking water source - unimproved	59	1.3 % of population	2017
Education expenditures	61	N/A % of GDP	0
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	38	N/A	0
HIV/AIDS - deaths	44	N/A	0
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	108	N/A	0
Hospital bed density	69	N/A beds/1,000 population	2021
Infant mortality rate - female	146	6.74 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	146	8.82 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	150	7.81 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	35	83.45 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	47	76.84 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	43	80.05 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	114	N/A	2021
Median age - female	36	42.8 years	2020
Median age - male	25	40.6 years	0
Median age - total	28	41.8 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	82	N/A	2021
Net migration rate	169	7.42 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	144	N/A %	2021
Physicians density	156	N/A physicians/1,000 population	2021
Population	185	105870	2021
Population growth rate	161	0.42 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	121	N/A % of population	2021
Sanitation facility access - total	114	N/A % of population	2021
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	1	100 % of population	2017
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	17	N/A years	2021
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	15	N/A years	2021
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	17	N/A years	2021
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	10	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	29	0.95	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	37	0.88	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	31	0.91	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	30	0.81 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.06 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	26	0.91 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	86	2.01 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	145	N/A	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	136	N/A	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	144	N/A	2021
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	166	0.11	2025
Urbanization - urban population	5	96	2021
Transportation
Airports	120	2	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	43	1	0
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	40	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	44	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	26	1	0
Airports - with paved runways - total	76	2	2019
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	30	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	58	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	96	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	67	N/A	2021
Heliports	26	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	136	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	156	N/A	2021
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	102	N/A	2021
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	28	N/A	2021
Railways - total	131	N/A km	2021
Roadways - paved	161	N/A km	2021
Roadways - total	168	N/A km	2021
Waterways	95	N/A km	2021

*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 Virgin Islands on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Virgin Islands 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Virgin Islands 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.