International Rankings of Virgin Islands 2023, 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	65	N/A	2023
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	201	N/A	2023
Internet users - percent of population	54	64.8 %	2022
Internet users - total	194	67508	2022
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	2	76	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	139	76000	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	77	80	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	189	80000	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	59	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Average household expenditures - on food	95	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Budget - expenditures	160	1.518 billion US Dollars	2016
Budget - revenues	156	1.496 billion US Dollars	2016
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	34	0.4 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	209	N/A US Dollars	2023
Debt - external	206	N/A US Dollars	0
Exports	163	1.810 billion US Dollars	2016
GDP (official exchange rate)	165	5.182 billion US Dollars	2016
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	68	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	75	68.2 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	144	64.3 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	139	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	119	20 % of GDP	2012
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	32	78 % of GDP	2012
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	129	N/A %	2023
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	112	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
Imports	165	2.489 billion US Dollars	2016
Industrial production growth rate	197	N/A %	0
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	162	1 %	2016
Labor force	194	42200 US Dollars	2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	140	1 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	76	19 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	21	80 %	2003
Population below poverty line	60	28.9 %	2002
Public debt	86	53.3 % of GDP	2016
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	184	3.872 billion US Dollars	2016
Real GDP growth rate	185	2.15 %	2020
Real GDP per capita	51	37000 US Dollars	2016
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	195	N/A US Dollars	2023
Taxes and other revenues	30	28.9 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	45	13.27 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	38	37.3	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	46	24.1	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	44	27	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	128	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	124	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	147	2.438 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	123	N/A metric tons	2023
Coal - exports	63	N/A metric tons	2023
Coal - imports	113	N/A metric tons	2023
Coal - production	76	N/A metric tons	2023
Coal - proven reserves	76	N/A metric tons	2023
Electricity - consumption	167	561.240 million kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	98	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - installed generating capacity	158	321000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	168	51.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity access	1	100 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	7	98.9 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	17	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	132	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	58	1.1 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	73	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	196	N/A Btu/person	2023
Natural gas - consumption	121	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	57	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	88	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	97	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	92	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	73	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	82	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	89	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	145	16400 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	106	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	99	3285 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	114	23480 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	112	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	184	N/A megatons	2023
Air pollutants - methane emissions	185	N/A megatons	2023
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	189	N/A micrograms per cubic meter	2023
Land use - agricultural land	162	11.5	2018
Land use - arable land	136	2.9	2018
Land use - forest	32	57.4	2018
Land use - other	80	31.1	2018
Land use - permanent crops	59	2.9	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	127	5.7	2018
Revenue from coal	34	N/A % of GDP	2023
Revenue from forest resources	98	0 % of GDP	2017
Total renewable water resources	180	N/A cubic meters	2023
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	146	N/A cubic meters	2023
Total water withdrawal - industrial	109	N/A cubic meters	2023
Total water withdrawal - municipal	115	N/A cubic meters	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	168	0.11	2025
Urbanization - urban population	5	96.2	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2023
Geography
Area - land	207	346 sq km	0
Area - total	183	1910 sq km	0
Area - water	45	1.564 million sq km	0
Coastline	138	188 km	0
Elevation - highest point	163	474 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	35	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	152	N/A meters	2023
Irrigated land	157	1 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	164	N/A km	2023
Land use - agricultural land	162	11.5	2018
Land use - arable land	136	2.9	2018
Land use - forest	32	57.4	2018
Land use - other	80	31.1	2018
Land use - permanent crops	59	2.9	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	127	5.7	2018
Military
Military expenditures	53	N/A % of GDP	2023
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	153	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2023
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	64	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2023
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	136	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2023
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	169	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2023
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	97	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2023
Birth rate	160	11.35 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	103	N/A %	0
Contraceptive prevalence rate	130	N/A %	0
Current health expenditure	93	N/A % of GDP	0
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	162	27.4 %	2023
Death rate	57	8.99 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	13	34 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	124	3 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	56	64.6 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	114	32 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	66	N/A % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	110	N/A % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	90	1.3 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	65	N/A % of population	0
Education expenditures	74	N/A % of GDP	0
Gross reproduction rate	73	0.96 %	2023
Hospital bed density	71	N/A beds/1,000 population	2023
Infant mortality rate - female	151	6.44 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	148	8.48 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	153	7.49 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	37	83.85 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	50	77.32 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	43	80.49 years	0
Literacy - female	122	N/A %	0
Literacy - male	100	N/A %	0
Literacy - total population	110	N/A %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	122	N/A deaths/100,000 live births	2023
Median age - female	37	42.8 years	2020
Median age - male	28	40.6 years	0
Median age - total	29	41.8 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	86	N/A	2023
Net migration rate	186	7.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	145	N/A %	2023
Physicians density	159	N/A physicians/1,000 population	0
Population	193	104917	2023
Population growth rate	164	0.49 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	95	N/A % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	120	N/A % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	115	0.6 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	95	N/A % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	18	N/A years	2023
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	15	N/A years	2023
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	17	N/A years	2023
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	11	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	33	0.9 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	32	0.81 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	7	1.06 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	29	0.9 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	114	N/A %	2023
Tobacco use - male	140	N/A %	2023
Tobacco use - total	129	N/A %	2023
Total fertility rate	88	1.98 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	168	0.11	2025
Urbanization - urban population	5	96.2	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	38	37.3	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	46	24.1	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	44	27	0
Transportation
Airports	121	2	2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports	18	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports	1	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports	14	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports	22	N/A	2023
Airports - with unpaved runways	98	N/A	2023
Heliports	26	N/A	2023
Merchant marine - total	14	1868	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	139	N/A	2023
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	158	N/A	2023
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	102	N/A	2023
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	28	N/A	2023
Railways	33	N/A km	2023
Roadways - paved	168	N/A km	2023
Roadways - total	188	N/A km	2023
Waterways	109	N/A km	2023

*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 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Virgin Islands 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Virgin Islands 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.