Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Barbados instead of Equatorial Guinea, you would:

Health

be 84.9% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Equatorial Guinea, 7.3% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Barbados, that number is 1.1% of people as of 2019.

live 14.8 years longer

In Equatorial Guinea, the average life expectancy is 64 years (61 years for men, 66 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 2.9 times more likely to be obese

In Equatorial Guinea, 8.0% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Barbados, that number is 23.1% of people as of 2016.

Life

be 81.6% less likely to die during childbirth

In Equatorial Guinea, approximately 212.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Barbados, 39.0 women do as of 2020.

be 87.7% less likely to die during infancy

In Equatorial Guinea, approximately 78.3 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 64.3% fewer children

In Equatorial Guinea, there are approximately 29.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Barbados, there are 10.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Basic Needs

be 49.3% more likely to have access to electricity

In Equatorial Guinea, approximately 67% of the population has electricity access as of 2022. In Barbados, 100% of the population do as of 2022.

be 59.3% more likely to have internet access

In Equatorial Guinea, approximately 54.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Barbados, about 86.0% do as of 2021.

be 46.2% more likely to have access to improved drinking water

In Equatorial Guinea, approximately 68% of people have improved drinking water access as of 2017. In Barbados, 99% of people do as of 2020.

Expenditures

spend 89.5% more on healthcare

Equatorial Guinea spends 3.8% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Barbados, that number is 7.2% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 67.2% less coastline

Equatorial Guinea has a total of 296 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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