Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Barbados instead of Saint Martin, you would:

Health

live 4.1 years less

In Saint Martin, the average life expectancy is 80 years (77 years for men, 84 years for women) as of 2024. In Barbados, that number is 76 years (74 years for men, 79 years for women) as of 2024.

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Life

be 35.6% more likely to die during infancy

In Saint Martin, approximately 6.7 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Barbados, on the other hand, 9.1 children do as of 2024.

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have 26.1% fewer children

In Saint Martin, there are approximately 15.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Barbados, there are 11.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 45.1% more likely to have internet access

In Saint Martin, approximately 48.5% of the population has internet access as of 2022. In Barbados, about 70.4% do as of 2024.

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Geography

see 64.7% more coastline

Saint Martin has a total of 59 km of coastline. In Barbados, that number is 97 km.

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Sources: World Bank (2024), The World Factbook (2022). How we calculate this

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Saint Martin is about 8 times smaller than Barbados.
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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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