Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Cuba instead of Barbados, you would:
Health
be 63.6% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS
In Barbados, 1.1% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2019. In Cuba, that number is 0.4% of people as of 2020.
live 1.1 years longer
In Barbados, the average life expectancy is 79 years (76 years for men, 81 years for women) as of 2022. In Cuba, that number is 80 years (77 years for men, 82 years for women) as of 2022.
Economy
be 74.3% less likely to be unemployed
In Barbados, 10.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Cuba, that number is 2.6% as of 2017.
Life
be 57.0% less 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 Cuba, on the other hand, 4.1 children do as of 2022.
be 33.3% more likely to die during childbirth
In Barbados, approximately 27.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Cuba, 36.0 women do as of 2017.
Expenditures
spend 3.0 times more on education
Barbados spends 4.3% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Cuba spends 12.8% of total GDP on education as of 2010.
spend 79.4% more on healthcare
Barbados spends 6.3% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Cuba, that number is 11.3% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 38.5 times more coastline
Barbados has a total of 97 km of coastline. In Cuba, that number is 3,735 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Cuba: At a glance
How big is Cuba compared to Barbados? See an in-depth size comparison.