Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

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

In Cyprus, 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 1.2 years less

In Cyprus, the average life expectancy is 80 years (77 years for men, 83 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 65.8% less money

Cyprus has a GDP per capita of $37,700 as of 2020, while in Barbados, the GDP per capita is $12,900 as of 2020.

be 42.9% more likely to be unemployed

In Cyprus, 7.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Barbados, that number is 10.1% as of 2017.

Life

be 4.5 times more likely to die during childbirth

In Cyprus, approximately 6.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Barbados, 27.0 women do as of 2017.

be 14.8% more likely to die during infancy

In Cyprus, approximately 8.4 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Barbados, on the other hand, 9.6 children do as of 2020.

Expenditures

spend 25.9% less on education

Cyprus spends 5.8% of its total GDP on education as of 2017. Barbados spends 4.3% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

spend 10.0% less on healthcare

Cyprus spends 7.0% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Barbados, that number is 6.3% of GDP as of 2019.

Geography

see 85.0% less coastline

Cyprus has a total of 648 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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