Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

be 45.5% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Barbados, 1.1% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2019. In Dominica, that number is 0.6% of people as of 2018.

be 20.8% more likely to be obese

In Barbados, 23.1% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Dominica, that number is 27.9% of people as of 2016.

Economy

be 2.9 times more likely to be unemployed

In Barbados, 8.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Dominica, that number is 23.0% as of 2000.

Life

have 24.3% more children

In Barbados, there are approximately 10.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Dominica, there are 13.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

be 17.4% more likely to die during infancy

In Barbados, approximately 9.6 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2020. In Dominica, on the other hand, 11.3 children do as of 2022.

Expenditures

spend 15.4% less on education

Barbados spends 6.5% of its total GDP on education as of 2021. Dominica spends 5.5% of total GDP on education as of 2021.

spend 20.8% less on healthcare

Barbados spends 7.2% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Dominica, that number is 5.7% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 52.6% more coastline

Barbados has a total of 97 km of coastline. In Dominica, that number is 148 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.

Dominica: At a glance

Dominica is a sovereign country in Central America/Caribbean, with a total land area of approximately 751 sq km. Dominica was the last of the Caribbean islands to be colonized by Europeans due chiefly to the fierce resistance of the native Caribs. France ceded possession to Great Britain in 1763, which made the island a colony in 1805. In 1980, two years after independence, Dominica's fortunes improved when a corrupt and tyrannical administration was replaced by that of Mary Eugenia CHARLES, the first female prime minister in the Caribbean, who remained in office for 15 years. Some 3,000 Carib Indians still living on Dominica are the only pre-Columbian population remaining in the eastern Caribbean.
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