If you lived in Barbados instead of Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha, you would:

Health

live 1.9 years less

In Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha, the average life expectancy is 80 years (78 years for men, 84 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

be 27.9% less likely to be unemployed

In Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha, 14.0% of adults are unemployed as of 1998. In Barbados, that number is 10.1% as of 2017.

Life

be 50.0% less likely to die during infancy

In Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha, approximately 19.2 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.

have 16.0% more children

In Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha, there are approximately 9.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Barbados, there are 10.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.

Basic Needs

be 2.2 times more likely to have internet access

In Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha, approximately 38.0% of the population has internet access as of 2019. In Barbados, about 82.0% do as of 2019.


The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.

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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