Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

be 90.5% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Namibia, 11.6% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Barbados, that number is 1.1% of people as of 2019.

live 12.1 years longer

In Namibia, the average life expectancy is 66 years (64 years for men, 69 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 34.3% more likely to be obese

In Namibia, 17.2% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Barbados, that number is 23.1% of people as of 2016.

Economy

make 44.9% more money

Namibia has a GDP per capita of $8,900 as of 2020, while in Barbados, the GDP per capita is $12,900 as of 2020.

be 70.3% less likely to be unemployed

In Namibia, 34.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2016. In Barbados, that number is 10.1% as of 2017.

Life

be 86.2% less likely to die during childbirth

In Namibia, approximately 195.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Barbados, 27.0 women do as of 2017.

be 67.4% less likely to die during infancy

In Namibia, approximately 29.4 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Barbados, on the other hand, 9.6 children do as of 2020.

have 56.7% fewer children

In Namibia, there are approximately 25.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Barbados, there are 10.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.

Basic Needs

be 75.4% more likely to have access to electricity

In Namibia, approximately 57% of the population has electricity access as of 2019. In Barbados, 100% of the population do as of 2020.

be 100.0% more likely to have internet access

In Namibia, approximately 41.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Barbados, about 82.0% do as of 2019.

Expenditures

spend 54.3% less on education

Namibia spends 9.4% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Barbados spends 4.3% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

spend 25.9% less on healthcare

Namibia spends 8.5% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Barbados, that number is 6.3% of GDP as of 2019.

Geography

see 93.8% less coastline

Namibia has a total of 1,572 km of coastline. In Barbados, that number is 97 km.

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

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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