Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Barbados instead of Northern Mariana Islands, you would:

Health

live 2.6 years less

In Northern Mariana Islands, the average life expectancy is 79 years (77 years for men, 81 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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Economy

make 19.3% more money

Northern Mariana Islands has a GDP per capita of $23,786 as of 2022, while in Barbados, the GDP per capita is $28,365 as of 2025.

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Life

be 27.1% less likely to die during infancy

In Northern Mariana Islands, approximately 12.5 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 2.8 times more likely to have internet access

In Northern Mariana Islands, approximately 25.1% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Barbados, about 70.4% do as of 2024.

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Geography

see 93.5% less coastline

Northern Mariana Islands has a total of 1,482 km of coastline. In Barbados, that number is 97 km.

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Sources: World Bank (2022–2025), The World Factbook (2021–2022). 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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