Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Barbados instead of Gabon, you would:
Health
be 63.3% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS
In Gabon, 3.0% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Barbados, that number is 1.1% of people as of 2019.
live 8.8 years longer
In Gabon, the average life expectancy is 70 years (68 years for men, 71 years for women) as of 2022. In Barbados, that number is 79 years (76 years for men, 81 years for women) as of 2022.
be 54.0% more likely to be obese
In Gabon, 15.0% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Barbados, that number is 23.1% of people as of 2016.
Economy
be 63.9% less likely to be unemployed
In Gabon, 28.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2015. In Barbados, that number is 10.1% as of 2017.
make 10.4% less money
Gabon has a GDP per capita of $14,400 as of 2020, while in Barbados, the GDP per capita is $12,900 as of 2020.
Life
be 89.3% less likely to die during childbirth
In Gabon, approximately 252.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Barbados, 27.0 women do as of 2017.
be 17.6% more likely to be literate
In Gabon, the literacy rate is 84.7% as of 2018. In Barbados, it is 99.6% as of 2014.
be 66.4% less likely to die during infancy
In Gabon, approximately 28.6 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.
have 58.4% fewer children
In Gabon, there are approximately 26.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Barbados, there are 10.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
Basic Needs
be 32.3% more likely to have internet access
In Gabon, approximately 62.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Barbados, about 82.0% do as of 2019.
Expenditures
spend 53.6% more on education
Gabon spends 2.8% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Barbados spends 4.3% of total GDP on education as of 2020.
spend 2.2 times more on healthcare
Gabon spends 2.8% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Barbados, that number is 6.3% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 89.0% less coastline
Gabon has a total of 885 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
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