Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Barbados instead of Brazil, you would:
Health
have 25.5% more doctors per person
Brazil has 23.6 doctors per 10,000 people as of 2023. Barbados has 29.6 as of 2022.
be 53.9% less likely to die by suicide
Brazil has a suicide rate of 7.6 per 100,000 people as of 2021. In Barbados, it is 3.5 per 100,000 as of 2021.
be 30.8% more likely to be obese
In Brazil, 30.1% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Barbados, that number is 39.4% of people as of 2024.
see 44.3% less spent on your healthcare
Brazil spends $2,070 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Barbados spends $1,153 as of 2023.
Economy
make 2.6 times more money
Brazil has a GDP per capita of $10,713 as of 2025, while in Barbados, the GDP per capita is $28,365 as of 2025.
be 6.1 times more likely to live below the poverty line
In Brazil, 4.2% live below the poverty line as of 2016. In Barbados, however, that number is 25.7% as of 2016.
Life
be 47.8% less likely to die during childbirth
In Brazil, approximately 67.0 women die from pregnancy or childbirth per 100,000 live births as of 2023. In Barbados, 35.0 women do as of 2023.
be 26.0% less likely to die during infancy
In Brazil, approximately 12.3 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2024. In Barbados, on the other hand, 9.1 children do as of 2024.
Basic Needs
be 16.7% less likely to have internet access
In Brazil, approximately 84.5% of the population has internet access as of 2024. In Barbados, about 70.4% do as of 2024.
Expenditures
spend 36.7% less on education
Brazil spends 5.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2022. Barbados spends 3.6% of total GDP on education as of 2024.
spend 44.5% less on healthcare
Brazil spends 9.7% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2023. In Barbados, that number is 5.4% of GDP as of 2023.
Geography
see 98.7% less coastline
Brazil has a total of 7,491 km of coastline. In Barbados, that number is 97 km.
Safety
be 61.4% less likely to be murdered
Brazil has a homicide rate of 19.3 per 100,000 people as of 2023. In Barbados, that number is 7.4 per 100,000 as of 2023.
be 36.3% less likely to die in a road accident
In Brazil, road accidents kill 15.7 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In Barbados, they kill 10.0 per 100,000 as of 2021.
Infrastructure
find 55.6% more home broadband
Brazil has 24.1 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Barbados has 37.5 as of 2022.
live with 58.3 times more strain on fresh water
Brazil withdraws 2% of its available fresh water each year as of 2022. Barbados withdraws 88% as of 2022.
Environment
be 17.4% less likely to die from air pollution
In Brazil, air pollution causes 23.0 deaths per 100,000 people as of 2019. In Barbados, it causes 19.0 as of 2019.
Sources: World Bank (2016–2025), United Nations SDG Indicators (2019–2021), The World Factbook (2016), World Health Organization (2024). How we calculate this
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