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

Health

live 7.9 years less

In Liechtenstein, the average life expectancy is 84 years (82 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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see 88.2% less spent on your healthcare

Liechtenstein spends $9,795 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Barbados spends $1,153 as of 2023.

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Economy

make 87.1% less money

Liechtenstein has a GDP per capita of $220,167 as of 2024, while in Barbados, the GDP per capita is $28,365 as of 2025.

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Life

have 32.4% more children

In Liechtenstein, there are approximately 8.4 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Barbados, there are 11.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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be 2.2 times more likely to die during infancy

In Liechtenstein, approximately 4.0 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 28.4% less likely to have internet access

In Liechtenstein, approximately 98.3% of the population has internet access as of 2024. In Barbados, about 70.4% do as of 2024.

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Safety

be 45.3% more likely to be murdered

Liechtenstein has a homicide rate of 5.1 per 100,000 people as of 2021. In Barbados, that number is 7.4 per 100,000 as of 2023.

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Infrastructure

find 25.1% less home broadband

Liechtenstein has 50.0 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Barbados has 37.5 as of 2022.

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Sources: World Bank (2021–2025), The World Factbook (2022). How we calculate this

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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