If you lived in Barbados instead of Bahrain, you would:

Health

be 22.5% less likely to be obese

In Bahrain, 29.8% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Barbados, that number is 23.1% of people as of 2016.

be 11.0 times more likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Bahrain, 0.1% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2017. In Barbados, that number is 1.1% of people as of 2019.

live 1.4 years less

In Bahrain, the average life expectancy is 80 years (78 years for men, 82 years for women) as of 2022. In Barbados, that number is 79 years (76 years for men, 81 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

make 68.5% less money

Bahrain has a GDP per capita of $40,900 as of 2020, while in Barbados, the GDP per capita is $12,900 as of 2020.

be 2.8 times more likely to be unemployed

In Bahrain, 3.6% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Barbados, that number is 10.1% as of 2017.

Life

be 92.9% more likely to die during childbirth

In Bahrain, approximately 14.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Barbados, 27.0 women do as of 2017.

have 12.7% fewer children

In Bahrain, there are approximately 12.4 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Barbados, there are 10.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.

Basic Needs

be 18.0% less likely to have internet access

In Bahrain, approximately 100.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Barbados, about 82.0% do as of 2019.

Expenditures

spend 87.0% more on education

Bahrain spends 2.3% of its total GDP on education as of 2017. Barbados spends 4.3% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

spend 57.5% more on healthcare

Bahrain spends 4.0% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Barbados, that number is 6.3% of GDP as of 2019.

Geography

see 39.8% less coastline

Bahrain has a total of 161 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

Barbados is a sovereign country in Central America/Caribbean, with a total land area of approximately 430 sq km. The island was uninhabited when first settled by the British in 1627. African slaves worked the sugar plantations established on the island until 1834 when slavery was abolished. The economy remained heavily dependent on sugar, rum, and molasses production through most of the 20th century. The gradual introduction of social and political reforms in the 1940s and 1950s led to complete independence from the UK in 1966. In the 1990s, tourism and manufacturing surpassed the sugar industry in economic importance.
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