Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Barbados instead of Cote d'Ivoire, you would:

Health

be 47.6% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Cote d'Ivoire, 2.1% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Barbados, that number is 1.1% of people as of 2019.

live 16.3 years longer

In Cote d'Ivoire, the average life expectancy is 62 years (60 years for men, 65 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 2.2 times more likely to be obese

In Cote d'Ivoire, 10.3% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Barbados, that number is 23.1% of people as of 2016.

Economy

make 2.8 times more money

Cote d'Ivoire has a GDP per capita of $5,500 as of 2022, while in Barbados, the GDP per capita is $15,400 as of 2022.

be 3.4 times more likely to be unemployed

In Cote d'Ivoire, 2.5% of adults are unemployed as of 2022. In Barbados, that number is 8.5% as of 2022.

Life

be 91.9% less likely to die during childbirth

In Cote d'Ivoire, approximately 480.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Barbados, 39.0 women do as of 2020.

be 10.8% more likely to be literate

In Cote d'Ivoire, the literacy rate is 89.9% as of 2019. In Barbados, it is 99.6% as of 2014.

be 82.8% less likely to die during infancy

In Cote d'Ivoire, approximately 55.7 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Barbados, on the other hand, 9.6 children do as of 2020.

have 61.1% fewer children

In Cote d'Ivoire, there are approximately 27.5 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Barbados, there are 10.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Basic Needs

be 40.6% more likely to have access to electricity

In Cote d'Ivoire, approximately 71% of the population has electricity access as of 2021. In Barbados, 100% of the population do as of 2021.

be 91.1% more likely to have internet access

In Cote d'Ivoire, approximately 45.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Barbados, about 86.0% do as of 2021.

be 23.8% more likely to have access to improved drinking water

In Cote d'Ivoire, approximately 80% of people have improved drinking water access as of 2020. In Barbados, 99% of people do as of 2020.

Expenditures

spend 91.2% more on education

Cote d'Ivoire spends 3.4% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Barbados spends 6.5% of total GDP on education as of 2021.

spend 2.2 times more on healthcare

Cote d'Ivoire spends 3.3% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Barbados, that number is 7.2% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 81.2% less coastline

Cote d'Ivoire has a total of 515 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

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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