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British Virgin Islands
The British Virgin Islands (BVI), officially the Virgin Islands, is a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean, to the east of Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands and north-west of Anguilla. The islands are geographically part of the Virgin Islands archipelago and are located in the Leeward Islands of the Lesser Antilles and part of the West Indies.
Summary from Wikipédia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Data refreshed on 2026.10.08 · source: Wikidata
The Institute's composite reading
Risque élevé
5.0 /10 risk
- Security 0.0
- Economy 5.0
- Diplomacy 5.0
- Influence 0.0
Security: 0 stable → 10 unstable · others: 0 weak → 10 strong. Computed from V-Dem, FH, CPI, RSF, World Bank, SIPRI, sanctions.
UN list of 2026.10.07: 0 people and 1 entity linked to the country by nationality or a known address. Regime: Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
Listings linked to the country by nationality or address: United States 57 (list of 2026.10.02), EU 1 (list of 2026.09.22).
- Capital
- Road Town
- Population
- 39,471 inh.
- Area
- 151 km²
- Currency
- USD
- Regime
- —
Executive in office
Head of State
Charles III
Head of Government
Andrew Fahie
Parliament
Assemblée législative des Îles Vierges britanniques
15 seats
Inception 2007
Economic indicators World Bank · 2025
Life expectancy
77.4 yrs
Society · human UNDP HDI · World Bank · WID · UNHCR 2025
Refugees hosted
6
National anthem
God Save the King
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Global attention Wikipedia · 90 days
The country's Wikipedia article is usually read 1,232 times a day (French and English). On 2026.10.07: 1,360, or ×1.1.
French + English French usual level 2026.07.10 · 2026.10.07 Wikimedia statistics (CC0), human users
Sources and freshness
- Executive, government, parliament, anthem · Wikidata (CC0) · 2026-10-08
- Economy · World Bank (CC BY 4.0) · 2025
- Indices and figures · UNHCR 2025 · read on 2026-10-08
- UN sanctions · Security Council consolidated list · list of 2026-10-07 · read on 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · US Treasury (OFAC), SDN and non-SDN lists · list of 2026-10-02 · read on 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · United Kingdom, UK Sanctions List (FCDO) · list of 2026-10-07 · read on 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · European Union, consolidated financial sanctions list · list of 2026-09-22 · read on 2026-10-08
- Summary · Wikipédia (CC BY-SA 4.0)