Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Barbados instead of Antigua and Barbuda, you would:
Health
be 22.2% more likely to be obese
In Antigua and Barbuda, 18.9% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Barbados, that number is 23.1% of people as of 2016.
Economy
make 28.3% less money
Antigua and Barbuda has a GDP per capita of $18,000 as of 2020, while in Barbados, the GDP per capita is $12,900 as of 2020.
Life
be 32.9% less likely to die during infancy
In Antigua and Barbuda, approximately 14.3 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Barbados, on the other hand, 9.6 children do as of 2020.
have 28.6% fewer children
In Antigua and Barbuda, there are approximately 15.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Barbados, there are 10.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 30.3% more on education
Antigua and Barbuda spends 3.3% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Barbados spends 4.3% of total GDP on education as of 2020.
spend 43.2% more on healthcare
Antigua and Barbuda spends 4.4% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Barbados, that number is 6.3% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 36.6% less coastline
Antigua and Barbuda has a total of 153 km of coastline. In Barbados, that number is 97 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Barbados: At a glance
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