Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Barbados instead of Poland, you would:
Economy
make 59.9% less money
Poland has a GDP per capita of $32,200 as of 2020, while in Barbados, the GDP per capita is $12,900 as of 2020.
be 86.0% more likely to be unemployed
In Poland, 5.4% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Barbados, that number is 10.1% as of 2017.
Life
have 27.4% more children
In Poland, there are approximately 8.5 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Barbados, there are 10.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
be 13.5 times more likely to die during childbirth
In Poland, approximately 2.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Barbados, 27.0 women do as of 2017.
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.
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.