Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

be 2.2 times more likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Portugal, 0.5% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Barbados, that number is 1.1% of people as of 2019.

live 3.0 years less

In Portugal, the average life expectancy is 82 years (78 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.

be 11.1% more likely to be obese

In Portugal, 20.8% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Barbados, that number is 23.1% of people as of 2016.

Economy

pay a 40.7% lower top tax rate

Portugal has a top tax rate of 56.5% as of 2016. In Barbados, the top tax rate is 33.5% as of 2016.

make 59.9% less money

Portugal 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 54.2% more likely to be unemployed

In Portugal, 6.5% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Barbados, that number is 10.1% as of 2017.

Life

have 33.7% more children

In Portugal, there are approximately 8.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2020. In Barbados, there are 10.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.

be 3.4 times more likely to die during childbirth

In Portugal, approximately 8.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Barbados, 27.0 women do as of 2017.

be 3.8 times more likely to die during infancy

In Portugal, approximately 2.5 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Barbados, on the other hand, 9.6 children do as of 2020.

Expenditures

spend 33.7% less on healthcare

Portugal spends 9.5% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Barbados, that number is 6.3% of GDP as of 2019.

Geography

see 94.6% less coastline

Portugal has a total of 1,793 km of coastline. In Barbados, that number is 97 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Ministry of Finance, Barbados, Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira.

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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