Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Barbados instead of Poland, you would:
Economy
make 59.2% less money
Poland has a GDP per capita of $37,700 as of 2022, while in Barbados, the GDP per capita is $15,400 as of 2022.
be 2.9 times more likely to be unemployed
In Poland, 2.9% of adults are unemployed as of 2022. In Barbados, that number is 8.5% as of 2022.
Life
have 27.4% more children
In Poland, there are approximately 8.4 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Barbados, there are 10.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.
be 19.5 times more likely to die during childbirth
In Poland, approximately 2.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Barbados, 39.0 women do as of 2020.
be 2.3 times more likely to die during infancy
In Poland, approximately 4.2 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.
Expenditures
spend 25.0% more on education
Poland spends 5.2% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Barbados spends 6.5% of total GDP on education as of 2021.
spend 10.8% more on healthcare
Poland spends 6.5% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Barbados, that number is 7.2% of GDP as of 2020.
Geography
see 78.0% less coastline
Poland has a total of 440 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
How big is Barbados compared to Poland? See an in-depth size comparison.