Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Vanuatu instead of Barbados, you would:
Health
live 3.4 years less
In Barbados, the average life expectancy is 79 years (76 years for men, 81 years for women) as of 2022. In Vanuatu, that number is 75 years (73 years for men, 77 years for women) as of 2022.
Economy
be 83.2% less likely to be unemployed
In Barbados, 10.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Vanuatu, that number is 1.7% as of 1999.
make 78.3% less money
Barbados has a GDP per capita of $12,900 as of 2020, while in Vanuatu, the GDP per capita is $2,800 as of 2020.
Life
have 99.2% more children
In Barbados, there are approximately 10.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Vanuatu, there are 21.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
be 2.7 times more likely to die during childbirth
In Barbados, approximately 27.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Vanuatu, 72.0 women do as of 2017.
be 12.1% less likely to be literate
In Barbados, the literacy rate is 99.6% as of 2014. In Vanuatu, it is 87.5% as of 2018.
be 49.4% more likely to die during infancy
In Barbados, approximately 9.6 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2020. In Vanuatu, on the other hand, 14.3 children do as of 2022.
Basic Needs
be 38.2% less likely to have access to electricity
In Barbados, approximately 100% of the population has electricity access as of 2020. In Vanuatu, 62% of the population do as of 2018.
be 68.3% less likely to have internet access
In Barbados, approximately 82.0% of the population has internet access as of 2019. In Vanuatu, about 26.0% do as of 2019.
Expenditures
spend 46.5% less on education
Barbados spends 4.3% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Vanuatu spends 2.3% of total GDP on education as of 2020.
spend 46.0% less on healthcare
Barbados spends 6.3% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Vanuatu, that number is 3.4% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 26.1 times more coastline
Barbados has a total of 97 km of coastline. In Vanuatu, that number is 2,528 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Vanuatu: At a glance
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