Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 4.1 years longer

In Egypt, the average life expectancy is 74 years (73 years for men, 76 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 27.8% less likely to be obese

In Egypt, 32.0% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Barbados, that number is 23.1% of people as of 2016.

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

In Egypt, 0.1% 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 48.9% higher top tax rate

Egypt has a top tax rate of 22.5% as of 2016. In Barbados, the top tax rate is 33.5% as of 2016.

Life

be 36.3% more likely to be literate

In Egypt, the literacy rate is 73.1% as of 2021. In Barbados, it is 99.6% as of 2014.

be 45.8% less likely to die during infancy

In Egypt, approximately 17.7 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.

be 2.3 times more likely to die during childbirth

In Egypt, approximately 17.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Barbados, 39.0 women do as of 2020.

have 45.1% fewer children

In Egypt, there are approximately 19.5 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 19.4% more likely to have internet access

In Egypt, approximately 72.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Barbados, about 86.0% do as of 2021.

Expenditures

spend 2.6 times more on education

Egypt spends 2.5% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Barbados spends 6.5% of total GDP on education as of 2021.

spend 63.6% more on healthcare

Egypt spends 4.4% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Barbados, that number is 7.2% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 96.0% less coastline

Egypt has a total of 2,450 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, Egyptian Tax Authority.

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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