If you lived in Barbados instead of Sri Lanka, you would:

Health

live 1.0 years longer

In Sri Lanka, the average life expectancy is 78 years (75 years for men, 82 years for women) as of 2020. In Barbados, that number is 79 years (76 years for men, 81 years for women) as of 2022.

be 11.0 times more likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Sri Lanka, 0.1% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Barbados, that number is 1.1% of people as of 2019.

be 4.4 times more likely to be obese

In Sri Lanka, 5.2% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Barbados, that number is 23.1% of people as of 2016.

Economy

be 2.1 times more likely to be unemployed

In Sri Lanka, 4.8% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Barbados, that number is 10.1% as of 2017.

pay a 2.2 times higher top tax rate

Sri Lanka has a top tax rate of 15.0% as of 2016. In Barbados, the top tax rate is 33.5% as of 2016.

Life

be 25.0% less likely to die during childbirth

In Sri Lanka, approximately 36.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Barbados, 27.0 women do as of 2017.

be 17.1% more likely to die during infancy

In Sri Lanka, approximately 8.2 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 21.5% fewer children

In Sri Lanka, there are approximately 13.8 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 2.3 times more likely to have internet access

In Sri Lanka, approximately 35.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Barbados, about 82.0% do as of 2019.

Expenditures

spend 2.0 times more on education

Sri Lanka spends 2.1% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Barbados spends 4.3% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

spend 53.7% more on healthcare

Sri Lanka spends 4.1% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Barbados, that number is 6.3% of GDP as of 2019.

Geography

see 92.8% less coastline

Sri Lanka has a total of 1,340 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, Sri Lanka Inland Revenue Department.

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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