LifePath

Life in British Virgin Islands

Latin America & Caribbean · high-income · capital Road Town

World Bank country code VGB · ISO VG · Data sources

Live a life in British Virgin Islands

Start from this country's own statistics — its mortality curve, its income level, its school system — and play the years out: what happens if you leave school at fifteen, or take the job that is offered, or move to the capital.

Start a life in British Virgin Islands

The statistics behind the simulation

Each figure shows the year it was observed. A missing row means the World Bank does not report that indicator for British Virgin Islands — not that the value is zero.

IndicatorValueYear
Life expectancy at birth
The average number of years a newborn would live if the year's mortality rates held for their whole life.
77.4 years2024
Infant mortality
Babies who die before their first birthday, per 1,000 live births.
11.4 per 1,0002024
Under-5 mortality
Children who die before their fifth birthday, per 1,000 live births.
12.4 per 1,0002024
Fertility rate
The average number of children a woman is expected to have over her lifetime.
1.052024
Government education spending
Public spending on education as a share of total output.
3.2%2023
Urban population
The share of people living in urban areas.
56.5%2024
Population
Total population.
39,4712024
Birth rate
Crude birth rate: births per 1,000 population per year.
8.22024
Secondary school enrolment
Total enrolment in secondary school, regardless of age, as a percentage of the official age group.
75.6%2024

What these numbers mean

A newborn in British Virgin Islands can expect to live 77.4 years, above the dataset median of 74.7 years. Infant mortality runs at 11.4 deaths per 1,000 live births (2024), so roughly 11 in every thousand babies do not reach their first birthday. The fertility rate is 1.05 births per woman (2024) — below replacement level, so the simulation's households tend to be small. Public spending on education is 3.2% of output (2023), which is the share of national resources the simulation's schooling decisions are competing for. 56.5% of people live in urban areas (2024), so where you start — village, town, city or capital — is a real difference in what the same life can offer.

Other countries in Latin America & Caribbean

Where British Virgin Islands sits within Latin America & Caribbean

Of the 42 countries in Latin America & Caribbean that report life expectancy, British Virgin Islands sits above the regional median, at 77.4 years against a regional median of 75.7. 15 countries report a higher figure and 26 report a lower one.

IndicatorBritish Virgin IslandsLatin America & Caribbean medianLatin America & Caribbean range
Life expectancy77.475.765.1 – 81.9
Infant mortality11.412.03.0 – 39.0
Fertility rate1.01.60.9 – 2.7
Urban population56.5%71.8%24.4% – 100.0%
Education spending3.2%3.9%1.0% – 8.4%

Ranges cover every country in the region that reports the indicator, in the year each country last reported it. Medians are unweighted, so a large country and a small one count the same.

Where British Virgin Islands shows up in the topics

These pages put British Virgin Islands's figures next to the other 216 countries, for the indicators that shape the decisions in the simulation.

About these figures

The statistics above are national averages from the World Bank Open Data, retrieved 2026-11-01 and released under World Bank data is released under CC BY 4.0. National averages do not describe any individual life, and this page does not rank British Virgin Islands against other countries. Life expectancy reflects a country's mortality conditions as a whole, which include healthcare access, income distribution, nutrition, sanitation and public safety — the simulation uses it as a risk curve, not as a measure of the people who live there.

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