Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 2.5 years longer

In Jordan, the average life expectancy is 76 years (75 years for men, 78 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 34.9% less likely to be obese

In Jordan, 35.5% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Barbados, that number is 23.1% of people as of 2016.

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

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

Economy

make 62.1% more money

Jordan has a GDP per capita of $9,500 as of 2022, while in Barbados, the GDP per capita is $15,400 as of 2022.

be 55.7% less likely to be unemployed

In Jordan, 19.2% of adults are unemployed as of 2022. In Barbados, that number is 8.5% as of 2022.

pay a 67.5% higher top tax rate

Jordan has a top tax rate of 20.0% as of 2016. In Barbados, the top tax rate is 33.5% as of 2016.

Life

be 30.9% less likely to die during infancy

In Jordan, approximately 13.9 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 51.8% fewer children

In Jordan, there are approximately 22.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Barbados, there are 10.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Expenditures

spend 2.0 times more on education

Jordan spends 3.2% of its total GDP on education as of 2021. Barbados spends 6.5% of total GDP on education as of 2021.

Geography

see 3.7 times more coastline

Jordan has a total of 26 km of coastline. In Barbados, that number is 97 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: Jordan Tax Service, The World Factbook, Ministry of Finance, Barbados.

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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