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

Health

be 11.0 times more likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

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

live 4.0 years less

In Norway, the average life expectancy is 83 years (80 years for men, 85 years for women) as of 2022. In Barbados, that number is 79 years (76 years for men, 81 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

pay a 13.0% lower top tax rate

Norway has a top tax rate of 38.5% as of 2017. In Barbados, the top tax rate is 33.5% as of 2016.

make 79.7% less money

Norway has a GDP per capita of $63,600 as of 2020, while in Barbados, the GDP per capita is $12,900 as of 2020.

be 2.7 times more likely to be unemployed

In Norway, 3.7% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Barbados, that number is 10.1% as of 2017.

Life

be 13.5 times more likely to die during childbirth

In Norway, approximately 2.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Barbados, 27.0 women do as of 2017.

be 4.2 times more likely to die during infancy

In Norway, approximately 2.3 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.

have 11.2% fewer children

In Norway, there are approximately 12.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2020. In Barbados, there are 10.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.

Basic Needs

be 15.5% less likely to have internet access

In Norway, approximately 97.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Barbados, about 82.0% do as of 2019.

Expenditures

spend 43.4% less on education

Norway spends 7.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Barbados spends 4.3% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

spend 40.0% less on healthcare

Norway spends 10.5% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Barbados, that number is 6.3% of GDP as of 2019.

Geography

see 99.6% less coastline

Norway has a total of 25,148 km of coastline. In Barbados, that number is 97 km.


The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Norwegian Tax Administration, Ministry of Finance, Barbados.

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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