press rank #18 · ~$2,400/mo

Can you live unwatched in British Virgin Islands?

Ranked #18 for press freedom; civil liberties broadly intact. Not individually assessed beyond public indices.

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The privacy scorecard

State surveillance4/5
Facial recognition4/5
No national ID2/5
Data-protection law3/5
Encryption4/5
VPN freedom5/5
Democracy4/5
Free expression5/5
Cash still works4/5
Financial privacy3/5
Crypto freedom3/5
Easy to stay2/5
Off-grid living4/5
6 cameras / 1,000 people press rank #18 ~$2,400/mo national average

Childhood vaccines: compulsory by law

Childhood vaccination is required by national law here. We have the rule and the penalty, not the official count of how many vaccines the law covers.

If you skip them: Nothing in practice. The law says you must, and names no penalty.

Exemptions: The law names none.

Source: Marks and Vanderslott (Oxford), 149-country survey, 2019

Legal & financial exposure

Facts about the law, not a privacy score: whether each one helps or hurts depends on what you are trying to do.

Reports your account balances abroad (CRS)

No extradition treaty with the US

Company ownership is not public

No public register: this is the core of the British Virgin Islands’ offshore company business.

4 of 7 signals are unverified for this country: not shown, rather than guessed.

5 real places in British Virgin Islands

Facial recognition, Bitcoin friendliness and cost vary by city even inside the same country.

Road Town (Tortola)

~$2,450/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 3/5

Spanish Town (Virgin Gorda)

~$2,500/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 3/5

Tortola (Cane Garden Bay)

~$2,450/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 3/5

Anegada

~$2,250/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 3/5

Jost Van Dyke

~$2,350/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 3/5

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Country-level estimates for orientation, not legal advice. Surveillance law changes fast: verify anything you would act on.