Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

be 2.8 times more likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Cuba, 0.4% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Barbados, that number is 1.1% of people as of 2019.

live 1.1 years less

In Cuba, the average life expectancy is 80 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

make 41.5% more money

Cuba has a GDP per capita of $12,300 as of 2016, while in Barbados, the GDP per capita is $17,400 as of 2023.

be 6.9 times more likely to be unemployed

In Cuba, 1.2% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Barbados, that number is 8.0% as of 2023.

Life

be 2.3 times more likely to die during infancy

In Cuba, approximately 4.1 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 21.1% more likely to have internet access

In Cuba, approximately 71.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Barbados, about 86.0% do as of 2021.

Expenditures

spend 49.2% less on education

Cuba spends 12.8% of its total GDP on education as of 2010. Barbados spends 6.5% of total GDP on education as of 2021.

spend 42.4% less on healthcare

Cuba spends 12.5% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Barbados, that number is 7.2% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 97.4% less coastline

Cuba has a total of 3,735 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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