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British Virgin Islands
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ANNUAL ECONOMIC SNAPSHOT
Population & economic scale
The most recent non-empty observations returned by the World Bank when this snapshot was collected. Read the year on each card: these are annual statistics, not live measurements.
World Bank reporting entity: British Virgin Islands · 1 of 3 indicators available.
Population
39,732
people
observation
Definition, value & source
Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.
Received value: 39732 people. The main card rounds for readability.
- Collected
- Oct 7, 2026
- Dataset update reported by API
- Jul 13, 2026; separate from the observation year
World Bank indicator ↗ · API record ↗
World Bank, World Development Indicators. CC BY 4.0. Underlying sources: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), uri: https://population.un.org/wpp/, publisher: UN Population Division; Statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), uri: https://unstats.un.org/home/nso_sites/, publisher: National Statistical Offices; Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, Eurostat (ESTAT), uri: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/data/database?node_code=earn_ses_monthly, publisher: Eurostat; Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), United Nations (UN), uri: https://unstats.un.org, publisher: UN Statistics Division
GDP
Not available
current US$
No observation in this snapshot
Definition, value & source
Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
- Collected
- Oct 7, 2026
- Dataset update reported by API
- Jul 13, 2026; separate from the observation year
World Bank indicator ↗ · API record ↗
World Bank, World Development Indicators. CC BY 4.0. Underlying sources: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB)
GDP per capita
Not available
current US$ per person
No observation in this snapshot
Definition, value & source
Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. The core indicator has been divided by the general population to achieve a per capita estimate.This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
- Collected
- Oct 7, 2026
- Dataset update reported by API
- Jul 13, 2026; separate from the observation year
World Bank indicator ↗ · API record ↗
World Bank, World Development Indicators. CC BY 4.0. Underlying sources: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB)
GDP and GDP per capita use current US dollars, without an inflation or purchasing-power-parity adjustment. Source years can differ. Missing data is not zero; earlier archive figures below are retained as a separate historical reference.
THE REFERENCE FILE
British Virgin Islands at a glance
These are historical reference facts from the 2025 World Factbook archive. Each estimate keeps its own period; an archive edition does not make every figure a measurement from that year.
Government type
Overseas Territory of the UK with limited self-government; parliamentary democracy
Population
total: 40,102 (2024 est.) male: 19,042 female: 21,060
Area
total : 151 sq km land: 151 sq km water: 0 sq km note: comprised of 16 inhabited and more than 20 uninhabited islands; includes the islands of Tortola, Anegada, Virgin Gorda, Jost van Dyke
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)
$1.634 billion (2024 est.) $1.579 billion (2023 est.) $1.537 billion (2022 est.) note: data in 2015 dollars
GDP (official exchange rate)
$1.598 billion (2024 est.) note: data in current dollars at official exchange rate
Real GDP per capita
$40,500 (2024 est.) $38,600 (2023 est.) $38,400 (2022 est.) note: data in 2015 dollars
Inflation rate (consumer prices)
8.5% (2022 est.) 2.8% (2021 est.) 1.4% (2020 est.) note: annual % change based on consumer prices
Budget
revenues: $400 million (2017 est.) expenditures: $400 million (2017 est.)
Electricity access
electrification - total population: 100% (2022 est.)
Internet users
percent of population: 78% (2017 est.)
THE HISTORICAL REFERENCE LIBRARY
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Location
Caribbean, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east of Puerto Rico
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Capital
name: Road Town geographic coordinates: 18 25 N, 64 37 W time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) etymology: name refers to the nautical term "roadstead" or "roads," a body of water less sheltered than a harbor but where ships can still lie at anchor
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Economic overview
British Caribbean island territorial economy; strong tourism and services industries; vulnerable to hurricanes; navigating public debt insolvency since 2008 Crisis; considered a tax haven; high electrification costs; major rum exporter
2008 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Natural resources
NEGL; pleasant climate, beaches foster tourism
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Agricultural products
fruits, vegetables; livestock, poultry; fish
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Industries
tourism, light industry, construction, rum, concrete block, offshore banking center
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Exports - partners
Malta 33%, Guyana 22%, Greece 11%, Germany 7%, Indonesia 4% (2023)
2023 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Exports - commodities
ships, refined petroleum, aircraft, molasses, precious stones (2023)
2023 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Imports - partners
USA 34%, Italy 10%, France 9%, China 8%, Luxembourg 5% (2023)
2023 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Imports - commodities
ships, refined petroleum, aircraft, railway cargo containers, jewelry (2023)
2023 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Climate
subtropical; humid; temperatures moderated by trade winds
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Terrain
coral islands relatively flat; volcanic islands steep, hilly
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Land use
agricultural land: 46.7% (2023 est.) arable land: 6.7% (2023 est.) permanent crops: 6.7% (2023 est.) permanent pasture: 33.3% (2023 est.) forest: 66.5% (2023 est.) other: 0% (2023 est.)
2023 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Natural hazards
hurricanes and tropical storms (July to October)
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Languages
English (official), Virgin Islands Creole
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Religions
Protestant 70.2% (Methodist 17.6%, Church of God 10.4%, Anglican 9.5%, Seventh Day Adventist 9.0%, Pentecostal 8.2%, Baptist 7.4%, New Testament Church of God 6.9%, other Protestant 1.2%), Roman Catholic 8.9%, Jehovah's Witness 2.5%, Hindu 1.9%, other 6.2%, none 7.9%, unspecified 2.4% (2010 est.)
2010 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Age structure
0-14 years: 16.6% (male 3,298/female 3,351) 15-64 years: 71.3% (male 13,455/female 15,152) 65 years and over: 12.1% (2024 est.) (male 2,289/female 2,557)
2024 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Urbanization
urban population: 49.7% of total population (2023) rate of urbanization: 1.73% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
2023, 2020 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Life expectancy at birth
total population: 80.1 years (2024 est.) male: 78.6 years female: 81.7 years
2024 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Electricity
installed generating capacity: 63,000 kW (2023 est.) consumption: 163.82 million kWh (2023 est.) transmission/distribution losses: 10.18 million kWh (2023 est.)
2023 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Electricity generation sources
fossil fuels: 97.7% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) solar: 1.1% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) wind: 1.1% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)
2023 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Petroleum
refined petroleum consumption: 1,000 bbl/day (2023 est.)
2023 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Carbon dioxide emissions
188,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.) from petroleum and other liquids: 188,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
2023 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Telephones - mobile cellular
total subscriptions: 35,595 (2022 est.) subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 93 (2024 est.)
2022, 2024 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Broadband - fixed subscriptions
total: 7,000 (2022 est.) subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 18 (2022 est.)
2022 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Airports
3 (2025)
2025 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Ports
total ports: 1 (2024) large: 0 medium: 1 small: 0 very small: 0 ports with oil terminals: 1 key ports: Road Harbor
2024 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
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- Country reference
- CIA World Factbook · 2025 archive
- Archive retrieved
- Oct 6, 2026 · retrieval date, not an observation period
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