Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Iran instead of Barbados, you would:
Health
be 90.9% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS
In Barbados, 1.1% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2019. In Iran, that number is 0.1% of people as of 2020.
live 3.3 years less
In Barbados, the average life expectancy is 79 years (76 years for men, 81 years for women) as of 2022. In Iran, that number is 75 years (74 years for men, 77 years for women) as of 2022.
be 11.7% more likely to be obese
In Barbados, 23.1% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Iran, that number is 25.8% of people as of 2016.
Economy
be 16.8% more likely to be unemployed
In Barbados, 10.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Iran, that number is 11.8% as of 2017.
Life
be 40.7% less likely to die during childbirth
In Barbados, approximately 27.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Iran, 16.0 women do as of 2017.
have 41.0% more children
In Barbados, there are approximately 10.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Iran, there are 15.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
be 14.2% less likely to be literate
In Barbados, the literacy rate is 99.6% as of 2014. In Iran, it is 85.5% as of 2016.
be 54.6% 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 Iran, on the other hand, 14.8 children do as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 14.0% less on education
Barbados spends 4.3% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Iran spends 3.7% of total GDP on education as of 2019.
Geography
see 25.2 times more coastline
Barbados has a total of 97 km of coastline. In Iran, that number is 2,440 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Iran: At a glance
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