Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 2.6 years longer

In Brazil, the average life expectancy is 76 years (72 years for men, 80 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 83.3% more likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Brazil, 0.6% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Barbados, that number is 1.1% of people as of 2019.

Economy

pay a 21.8% higher top tax rate

Brazil has a top tax rate of 27.5% as of 2016. In Barbados, the top tax rate is 33.5% as of 2016.

Life

be 45.8% less likely to die during childbirth

In Brazil, approximately 72.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Barbados, 39.0 women do as of 2020.

be 27.9% less likely to die during infancy

In Brazil, approximately 13.3 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 18.9% fewer children

In Brazil, there are approximately 13.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Barbados, there are 10.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Expenditures

spend 30.1% less on healthcare

Brazil spends 10.3% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Barbados, that number is 7.2% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 98.7% less coastline

Brazil has a total of 7,491 km of coastline. In Barbados, that number is 97 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: Secretaria da Receita Federal do Brasil, 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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