Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Barbados instead of Antigua and Barbuda, you would:

Health

be 22.2% more likely to be obese

In Antigua and Barbuda, 18.9% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Barbados, that number is 23.1% of people as of 2016.

Economy

be 27.7% less likely to be unemployed

In Antigua and Barbuda, 11.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2014. In Barbados, that number is 8.0% as of 2023.

make 39.4% less money

Antigua and Barbuda has a GDP per capita of $28,700 as of 2023, while in Barbados, the GDP per capita is $17,400 as of 2023.

Life

be 32.9% less likely to die during infancy

In Antigua and Barbuda, approximately 14.3 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 28.2% fewer children

In Antigua and Barbuda, there are approximately 14.9 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 10.4% less likely to have internet access

In Antigua and Barbuda, approximately 96.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Barbados, about 86.0% do as of 2021.

Expenditures

spend 71.1% more on education

Antigua and Barbuda spends 3.8% of its total GDP on education as of 2021. Barbados spends 6.5% of total GDP on education as of 2021.

spend 28.6% more on healthcare

Antigua and Barbuda spends 5.6% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Barbados, that number is 7.2% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 36.6% less coastline

Antigua and Barbuda has a total of 153 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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