Quality of life comparison

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

Health

live 6.3 years less

In Jersey, the average life expectancy is 83 years (80 years for men, 85 years for women) as of 2022. In Barbados, that number is 76 years (74 years for men, 79 years for women) as of 2024.

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Life

be 2.4 times more likely to die during infancy

In Jersey, approximately 3.9 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 24.3% less likely to have internet access

In Jersey, approximately 93.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Barbados, about 70.4% do as of 2024.

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Geography

see 38.6% more coastline

Jersey has a total of 70 km of coastline. In Barbados, that number is 97 km.

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

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Cost of Living Comparison · 6 categories - 2026 data
Barbados is 24.2% cheaper than Jersey overall
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Size Comparison · See true size
Jersey is about 3.7 times smaller than Barbados.
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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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