Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 1.7 years longer

In Macedonia, the average life expectancy is 77 years (75 years for men, 79 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 11.0 times more likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Macedonia, 0.1% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2018. In Barbados, that number is 1.1% of people as of 2019.

Economy

be 41.6% less likely to be unemployed

In Macedonia, 17.3% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Barbados, that number is 10.1% as of 2017.

make 18.4% less money

Macedonia has a GDP per capita of $15,800 as of 2020, while in Barbados, the GDP per capita is $12,900 as of 2020.

pay a 3.4 times higher top tax rate

Macedonia has a top tax rate of 10.0% as of 2016. In Barbados, the top tax rate is 33.5% as of 2016.

Life

be 3.9 times more likely to die during childbirth

In Macedonia, approximately 7.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Barbados, 27.0 women do as of 2017.

be 31.1% more likely to die during infancy

In Macedonia, approximately 7.3 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 13.7% less on healthcare

Macedonia spends 7.3% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Barbados, that number is 6.3% of GDP as of 2019.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Ministry of Finance, Barbados, Public Revenue Office.

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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