Quality of life comparison

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

Life

be 12.2% less likely to die during infancy

In Montserrat, approximately 10.4 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 25.2% more likely to have internet access

In Montserrat, approximately 56.2% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Barbados, about 70.4% do as of 2024.

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Geography

see 2.4 times more coastline

Montserrat has a total of 40 km of coastline. In Barbados, that number is 97 km.

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Infrastructure

find 48.4% less home broadband

Montserrat has 72.6 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Barbados has 37.5 as of 2022.

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Sources: The World Factbook (2021–2022), World Bank (2022–2024), United Nations SDG Indicators (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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