Latin America & Caribbean · High income
U.S. Virgin Islands: the economy in numbers
Per person: $44,321, or $49,785 at purchasing power parity. Population: 103,792 (2025).
GDP in 2022, current US dollars.
GDP
Adjusted for US inflation, in 2025 dollars: $5.84 billion in 2002, $5.14 billion in 2022.
GDP per capita
In 2025 dollars: $53,851 per person in 2002, $48,798 in 2022.
Real GDP growth
Average over 2013–2022: −0.2% a year. Years of falling GDP since 2003: 10 of 20.
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)
Population
1960: 32,500 · 2025: 103,792.
Unemployment rate
1991: 10.9% · 2025: 11.4%.
Life expectancy at birth
1960: 62.7 years · 2024: 80.8 years.
Exports of goods and services
2002: 147.4% · 2022: 97.4%.
Data by year
Show the year-by-year table
| Year | GDP | GDP per capita | Per capita, PPP | Real growth | Population | Unemployment | Life expectancy | Exports, % GDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 104K | 11.4% | ||||||
| 2024 | 104K | 11.4% | 80.8 | |||||
| 2023 | 105K | 11.4% | 80.5 | |||||
| 2022 | $4.67B | $44,321 | $49,785 | −1.3% | 105K | 12.1% | 80.3 | 97.4% |
| 2021 | $4.51B | $42,571 | $46,894 | 3.7% | 106K | 13.5% | 80.1 | 90.3% |
| 2020 | $4.23B | $39,787 | $41,749 | −1.6% | 106K | 14.4% | 79.8 | 38.3% |
| 2019 | $4.12B | $38,634 | $40,022 | 2.9% | 107K | 11.8% | 79.7 | 55.0% |
| 2018 | $3.92B | $36,663 | $36,746 | 1.9% | 107K | 11.7% | 79.5 | 53.1% |
| 2017 | $3.79B | $35,365 | $33,894 | −0.7% | 107K | 11.4% | 79.4 | 63.3% |
| 2016 | $3.8B | $35,325 | $33,471 | 1.6% | 108K | 11.7% | 79.2 | 47.0% |
| 2015 | $3.66B | $34,007 | $32,574 | −0.4% | 108K | 11.6% | 79.0 | 41.6% |
| 2014 | $3.56B | $33,045 | $32,361 | −1.8% | 108K | 11.9% | 78.9 | 78.4% |
| 2013 | $3.74B | $34,598 | $32,334 | −6.3% | 108K | 11.8% | 78.7 | 67.5% |
| 2012 | $4.09B | $37,795 | $33,879 | −14.8% | 108K | 11.4% | 78.5 | 80.2% |
| 2011 | $4.22B | $38,997 | $39,006 | −8.2% | 108K | 11.3% | 78.3 | 340.3% |
| 2010 | $4.32B | $39,905 | $41,608 | 0.6% | 108K | 11.1% | 77.9 | 299.4% |
| 2009 | $4.2B | $38,753 | $40,847 | −6.6% | 108K | 10.9% | 77.5 | 255.1% |
| 2008 | $4.24B | $39,152 | $43,465 | 1.2% | 108K | 9.6% | 77.2 | 433.8% |
| 2007 | $4.78B | $44,159 | $42,154 | 4.0% | 108K | 9.5% | 76.9 | 295.6% |
| 2006 | $4.48B | $41,377 | $39,447 | 3.5% | 108K | 9.7% | 78.3 | 283.9% |
| 2005 | $4.43B | $40,829 | $36,943 | 3.5% | 108K | 10.2% | 77.4 | 262.7% |
| 2004 | $3.8B | $35,006 | $34,609 | 3.3% | 108K | 10.3% | 77.8 | 226.6% |
| 2003 | $3.44B | $31,731 | $32,619 | −0.4% | 109K | 10.6% | 77.5 | 189.4% |
| 2002 | $3.26B | $30,062 | $32,113 | 109K | 10.2% | 77.5 | 147.4% | |
| 2001 | 109K | 10.0% | 77.6 | |||||
| 2000 | 109K | 9.8% | 76.6 | |||||
| 1999 | 109K | 10.2% | 71.1 | |||||
| 1998 | 109K | 10.4% | 71.2 | |||||
| 1997 | 108K | 10.5% | 70.9 | |||||
| 1996 | 108K | 10.6% | 71.6 | |||||
| 1995 | 108K | 10.6% | 71.2 | |||||
| 1994 | 107K | 11.0% | 71.2 | |||||
| 1993 | 107K | 11.2% | 71.1 | |||||
| 1992 | 106K | 11.1% | 71.0 | |||||
| 1991 | 105K | 10.9% | 70.8 | |||||
| 1990 | 104K | 70.7 | ||||||
| 1989 | 101K | 70.5 | ||||||
| 1988 | 101K | 70.4 | ||||||
| 1987 | 101K | 70.2 | ||||||
| 1986 | 101K | 69.9 | ||||||
| 1985 | 101K | 69.6 | ||||||
| 1984 | 101K | 69.5 | ||||||
| 1983 | 100K | 69.3 | ||||||
| 1982 | 100K | 69.1 | ||||||
| 1981 | 99.9K | 68.9 | ||||||
| 1980 | 99.6K | 68.7 | ||||||
| 1979 | 96.2K | 68.5 | ||||||
| 1978 | 95.9K | 68.3 | ||||||
| 1977 | 93.2K | 68.1 | ||||||
| 1976 | 96.2K | 67.9 | ||||||
| 1975 | 94.5K | 67.7 | ||||||
| 1974 | 89.9K | 67.4 | ||||||
| 1973 | 84.1K | 67.1 | ||||||
| 1972 | 76.3K | 65.6 | ||||||
| 1971 | 70.9K | 67.1 | ||||||
| 1970 | 63.5K | 66.5 | ||||||
| 1969 | 60.3K | 65.8 | ||||||
| 1968 | 55.7K | 65.2 | ||||||
| 1967 | 49.1K | 64.4 | ||||||
| 1966 | 46.2K | 63.7 | ||||||
| 1965 | 43.5K | 64.8 | ||||||
| 1964 | 40.8K | 64.1 | ||||||
| 1963 | 39.8K | 61.4 | ||||||
| 1962 | 35K | 62.7 | ||||||
| 1961 | 34.3K | 63.1 | ||||||
| 1960 | 32.5K | 62.7 |
e: IMF estimate; f: IMF forecast.
Nearby economies in Latin America & Caribbean
Nearest by distance between capitals, with GDP per capita.
Antigua and Barbuda · Argentina · Aruba · Bahamas · Barbados · Belize · Bolivia · Brazil · British Virgin Islands · Cayman Islands · Chile · Colombia · Costa Rica · Cuba · Curaçao · Dominica · Dominican Republic · Ecuador · El Salvador · Grenada · Guatemala · Guyana · Haiti · Honduras · Jamaica · Mexico · Nicaragua · Panama · Paraguay · Peru · Puerto Rico · Saint Kitts and Nevis · Saint Lucia · Saint Martin (French part) · Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · Sint Maarten · Suriname · Trinidad and Tobago · Turks and Caicos Islands · U.S. Virgin Islands · Uruguay · Venezuela
Rankings
GDP by country · GDP per capita · Real GDP growth · Inflation by country · Government debt to GDP · Stock market to GDP · Population by country · Unemployment by country
Data and methods
- GDP: gross domestic product in current US dollars, converted from the local currency at market exchange rates (World Bank); not adjusted for inflation.
- Purchasing power parity (PPP): GDP per person in international dollars, which buy the same basket of goods and services in every country. It compares living standards across countries in the same year; it is not adjusted for inflation over time.
- In 2025 dollars: the charts can remove US inflation (US consumer price index, annual average) so that dollar amounts from different years compare in today's money. Exchange rate swings still show.
- Growth and inflation: World Bank data (calendar years). Years the World Bank does not cover yet, and the estimates and forecasts, come from the IMF World Economic Outlook (October 2026): its forecasts start in 2026, and the years after a country's last actual year are IMF estimates.
- Government debt: gross debt of the general government (central, state and local government and social security funds) as a percentage of GDP, IMF. The World Bank's central government debt is narrower and covers fewer countries.
- Stock market capitalization: the end-of-year value of domestic companies listed on the country's exchanges (World Federation of Exchanges via the World Bank; before 2016, Standard & Poor's), as a percentage of GDP: the “Buffett indicator”. Investment funds are excluded, and so are companies listed only abroad; companies from elsewhere that list on an exchange count for its country (Hong Kong lists many mainland Chinese companies).
- Unemployment: ILO modeled estimates (share of the labor force); comparable across countries, but they may differ from national figures.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)