Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

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

In Albania, 0.1% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2017. In Barbados, that number is 1.1% of people as of 2019.

live 0.9 years less

In Albania, the average life expectancy is 79 years (77 years for men, 82 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 31.3% less likely to be unemployed

In Albania, 11.6% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Barbados, that number is 8.0% as of 2023.

pay a 45.7% higher top tax rate

Albania has a top tax rate of 23.0% as of 2016. In Barbados, the top tax rate is 33.5% as of 2016.

Life

be 11.3% less likely to die during infancy

In Albania, approximately 10.8 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.

be 4.9 times more likely to die during childbirth

In Albania, approximately 8.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Barbados, 39.0 women do as of 2020.

have 13.0% fewer children

In Albania, there are approximately 12.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Barbados, there are 10.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Expenditures

spend 2.1 times more on education

Albania spends 3.1% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Barbados spends 6.5% of total GDP on education as of 2021.

Geography

see 73.2% less coastline

Albania has a total of 362 km of coastline. In Barbados, that number is 97 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Albanian Taxation Office, 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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