US Virgin Islands (United States Virgin Islands)
http://www.humantruth.info/us_virgin_islands.html
By Vexen Crabtree 2013
| US Virgin Islands United States Virgin Islands |  |
|---|---|
| Status | Dependency (Territory) |
| Sovereignty | USA |
| Capital | Charlotte Amalie |
| Land Area | 350km21 |
| Location | North America, The Americas, The Caribbean |
| Groupings | Small Islands |
| Population | |
| GNI | |
| ISO3166-1 Codes | VI, VIR, 8502 |
| Internet Domain | .vi3 |
| Currency | Dollar (USD)4 |
| Telephone | +5 |
1. Overview
“During the 17th century, the archipelago was divided into two territorial units, one English and the other Danish. Sugarcane, produced by African slave labor, drove the islands' economy during the 18th and early 19th centuries. In 1917, the US purchased the Danish portion, which had been in economic decline since the abolition of slavery in 1848.”
CIA's The World Factbook (2013)6
“Consistently balmy weather, ridiculously white sand shores, diving and snorkeling, and calypso-wafting beach bars: the US and British Virgin Islands have the tropical thing down. Although considered one archipelago, the Virgin Islands are divided between two countries: the British Virgin Islands (BVI) and the United States Virgin Islands (USVI).With more than 90 little landmasses bobbing in a triangular patch of sea, steady trade winds, calm currents and hundreds of protected bays, it´s easy to see how the Virgins became a tropical fantasyland.
The US Virgins hold the lion´s share of population and development. St Thomas has more resorts and water sports than you can shake a beach towel at and the largest Virgin, St Croix, pleases divers and drinkers with extraordinary scuba sites and rum factories.
The British Virgins are officially territories of Her Majesty´s land, but aside from plates of fish and chips, there´s little that´s overtly British.
Believe it or not, a day will come during your Virgin stay when you decide enough with the beach lounging. Then it´s time to snorkel with turtles and spotted eagle rays, dive to explore a 19th-century shipwreck, hike to petroglyphs and sugar-mill ruins and kayak through a bioluminescent bay.”
As a territory of the USA I do not have many specific statistics for this territory in its own right.
2. US Virgin Islands's Modernity and Learning
#education #modernity #technology #the_internet
| Compared to The Americas (2020)8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Lower is better Avg Rank8 | |
| 1 | Canada | 21.6 |
| 2 | USA | 29.3 |
| 3 | Argentina | 43.8 |
| ... | ||
| 22 | Dominica | 83.8 |
| 23 | Ecuador | 83.9 |
| 24 | Antigua & Barbuda | 84.0 |
| 25= | US Virgin Islands | 86.0 |
| 25= | Belize | 86.0 |
| 27 | Venezuela | 87.1 |
| 28 | Panama | 88.0 |
| 29= | Greenland | 90.0 |
| 30 | Bolivia | 90.1 |
| The Americas Avg | 81.7 | |
| q=41. | ||
| Modernity & Learning (2020)8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Lower is better Avg Rank8 | |
| 1 | Finland | 8.4 |
| 2 | Taiwan | 10.0 |
| 3 | Switzerland | 15.1 |
| ... | ||
| 109 | Lebanon | 85.7 |
| 110 | Mauritius | 85.8 |
| 111= | Belize | 86.0 |
| 111= | US Virgin Islands | 86.0 |
| 113 | Venezuela | 87.1 |
| 114 | Morocco | 87.4 |
| 115 | Panama | 88.0 |
| 116 | Tajikistan | 88.3 |
| World Avg | 83.2 | |
| q=205. | ||
Technology and Information:
| Internet Users Higher is better9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos. | 20169 | |
| 1 | Iceland | 100% |
| 2 | Faroe Islands | 99% |
| 3 | Norway | 98% |
| ... | ||
| 87 | Colombia | 57% |
| 88 | Costa Rica | 56% |
| 89 | Kazakhstan | 56% |
| 90= | US Virgin Islands | 54% |
| 90= | Serbia | 54% |
| 92 | Maldives | 54% |
| 93 | Georgia | 53% |
| 94 | China | 52% |
| The Americas Avg | 56.4% | |
| World Avg | 48.1% | |
| q=201. | ||
| IPv6 Uptake Higher is better10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos. | 2017 Ratio10 | |
| 1 | Belgium | 55.4 |
| 2 | Germany | 41.8 |
| 3 | Switzerland | 35.1 |
| ... | ||
| 84= | Pakistan | 0.0 |
| 84= | Paraguay | 0.0 |
| 84= | Chile | 0.0 |
| 84= | US Virgin Islands | 0.0 |
| 84= | Mauritius | 0.0 |
| 89 | Botswana | 0.0 |
| 90= | El Salvador | 0.0 |
| 90= | Kenya | 0.0 |
| The Americas Avg | 3.36 | |
| World Avg | 3.82 | |
| q=176. | ||
3. Religion and Beliefs
#buddhism #christianity #hinduism #islam #judaism
Data from the Pew Forum, a professional polling outfit, states that in 2010 the religious makeup of this country was as follows in the table below11:
| Christian | 94.8% |
| Muslim | 0.1% |
| Hindu | 0.4% |
| Buddhist | 0.1% |
| Folk Religion | 0.1% |
| Jewish | 0.3% |
| Unaffiliated | 3.7% |
The CIA World Factbook has slightly different data, and states: Protestant 59% (Baptist 42%, Episcopalian 17%), Roman Catholic 34%, other 7%12.
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There isn't much information in the database for US Virgin Islands, most likely because it is either a part of another country (i.e., a territory or possession) and therefore most international statistics are counted for the country as a whole, or, this is such an exotic place that little data exists about it.