Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 11.0 years less

In Monaco, the average life expectancy is 90 years (86 years for men, 93 years for women) as of 2022. In Barbados, that number is 79 years (76 years for men, 81 years for women) as of 2022.

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Life

have 64.6% more children

In Monaco, there are approximately 6.5 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Barbados, there are 10.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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be 5.5 times more likely to die during infancy

In Monaco, approximately 1.8 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.

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Expenditures

spend 5.4 times more on education

Monaco spends 1.2% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Barbados spends 6.5% of total GDP on education as of 2021.

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spend 4.2 times more on healthcare

Monaco spends 1.7% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Barbados, that number is 7.2% of GDP as of 2020.

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Geography

see 23.7 times more coastline

Monaco has a total of 4 km of coastline. In Barbados, that number is 97 km.

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The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.

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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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