Quality of life comparison

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

Health

live 7.3 years less

In Gibraltar, the average life expectancy is 84 years (81 years for men, 86 years for women) as of 2024. In Barbados, that number is 76 years (74 years for men, 79 years for women) as of 2024.

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Life

be 45.6% more likely to die during infancy

In Gibraltar, approximately 6.2 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Barbados, on the other hand, 9.1 children do as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 25.5% less likely to have internet access

In Gibraltar, approximately 94.4% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Barbados, about 70.4% do as of 2024.

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Geography

see 8.1 times more coastline

Gibraltar has a total of 12 km of coastline. In Barbados, that number is 97 km.

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Infrastructure

find 38.5% less home broadband

Gibraltar has 61.0 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Barbados has 37.5 as of 2022.

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Environment

emit 84.4% less CO2

Gibraltar emits 16.1 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. Barbados emits 2.5 tonnes as of 2024.

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Sources: World Bank (2022–2024), The World Factbook (2021–2022). How we calculate this

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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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