International Rankings of Virgin Islands 2024, 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
Internet users - percent of population	54	64.80 %	2022
Internet users - total	194	67508	2022
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	2	76.00	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	146	76000	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	77	80.00	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	192	80000	2021
Economy
Budget - expenditures	160	1.518 billion US Dollars	2016
Budget - revenues	156	1.496 billion US Dollars	2016
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	34	0.40 % of GDP	N/A
Exports	162	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	46.70 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	18	26.80 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	75	68.20 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	144	64.30 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	139	7.50 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	6	15.00 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	131	2.00 % of GDP	2012
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	119	20.00 % of GDP	2012
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	32	78.00 % of GDP	2012
Imports	165	2.489 billion US Dollars	2016
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	163	1.00 %	2016
Labor force	194	42200 US Dollars	2021
Population below poverty line	60	29 %	2002
Public debt	91	53.30 % 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
Taxes and other revenues	30	28.90 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	45	13.27 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	38	37.30 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	46	24.10 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	44	27.00 %	2021
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	147	2.438 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total	154	2.438 million	2019
Electricity - consumption	167	561.240 million kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	158	321000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	168	51.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	7	98.90 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	58	1.10 %	2020
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	145	16400 bbl/day	2019
Refined petroleum products - exports	99	3285 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	114	23480 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Land use - agricultural land	162	12	2018
Land use - arable land	136	3	2018
Land use - forest	32	57	2018
Land use - permanent crops	59	3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	127	6	2018
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	168	0.11	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	5	96	2023
Geography
Area - land	206	346 sq km	N/A
Area - total	184	1910 sq km	N/A
Area - water	97	1564 sq km	N/A
Coastline	138	188 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	157	474 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	157	1 sq km	2012
Land use - agricultural land	162	12	2018
Land use - arable land	136	3	2018
Land use - forest	32	57	2018
Land use - permanent crops	59	3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	127	6	2018
Population Density	46	303.23 Persons per sq km	N/A
Population
Birth rate	121	11.40 births/1,000 population	2023
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	162	27 %	2023
Death rate	37	9.00 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	13	34.00 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	124	3.00 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	56	64.60 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	114	32.00 %	N/A
Drinking water source - total	90	1 % of population	2020
Gross reproduction rate	74	0.96 %	2023
Infant mortality rate - female	130	6.40 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - male	128	8.50 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	129	7.50 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Life expectancy at birth - female	26	84 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - male	40	77 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	30	81 years	2023
Median age - female	35	44 years	N/A
Median age - male	26	42 years	N/A
Median age - total	26	43 years	2023
Net migration rate	110	7.30 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Population	192	104917	2023
Population growth rate	170	0.49 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - total	115	1 % of population	2020
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	11	1.05 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	33	0.90 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	32	0.81 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.06 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	29	0.90 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	93	1.98 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	168	0.11	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	5	96	2023
Transportation
Airports	123	2	2024
Heliports	63	3	2024
Merchant marine - total	140	2	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 2024 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Virgin Islands 2024 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Virgin Islands 2024 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.