Quality of life comparison
compared to
If you lived in Washington instead of Barbados, you would:
Economy
make 5.0 times more money
Barbados has a GDP per capita of $17,400 as of 2023, while in Washington, the GDP per capita is $87,768 as of 2024.
be 33.3% less likely to be unemployed
In Barbados, 8.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Washington, that number is 5.3% as of 2025.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Economic Analysis.
