Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Barbados instead of Bosnia and Herzegovina, you would:

Health

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

In Bosnia and Herzegovina, 0.1% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2018. In Barbados, that number is 1.1% of people as of 2019.

be 29.1% more likely to be obese

In Bosnia and Herzegovina, 17.9% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Barbados, that number is 23.1% of people as of 2016.

Economy

be 23.7% less likely to be unemployed

In Bosnia and Herzegovina, 10.4% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Barbados, that number is 8.0% as of 2023.

make 12.6% less money

Bosnia and Herzegovina has a GDP per capita of $19,900 as of 2023, while in Barbados, the GDP per capita is $17,400 as of 2023.

pay a 3.4 times higher top tax rate

Bosnia and Herzegovina has a top tax rate of 10.0% as of 2016. In Barbados, the top tax rate is 33.5% as of 2016.

Life

have 30.5% more children

In Bosnia and Herzegovina, there are approximately 8.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Barbados, there are 10.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

be 6.5 times more likely to die during childbirth

In Bosnia and Herzegovina, approximately 6.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Barbados, 39.0 women do as of 2020.

be 84.3% more likely to die during infancy

In Bosnia and Herzegovina, approximately 5.2 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.

Basic Needs

be 13.2% more likely to have internet access

In Bosnia and Herzegovina, approximately 76.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Barbados, about 86.0% do as of 2021.

Expenditures

spend 26.5% less on healthcare

Bosnia and Herzegovina spends 9.8% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Barbados, that number is 7.2% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 4.8 times more coastline

Bosnia and Herzegovina has a total of 20 km of coastline. In Barbados, that number is 97 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Ministry of Finance, Barbados, Indirect Taxation Authority of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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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