Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

be 37.5% more likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Estonia, 0.8% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Barbados, that number is 1.1% of people as of 2019.

Economy

make 58.6% less money

Estonia has a GDP per capita of $42,000 as of 2023, while in Barbados, the GDP per capita is $17,400 as of 2023.

be 25.2% more likely to be unemployed

In Estonia, 6.3% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Barbados, that number is 8.0% as of 2023.

pay a 67.5% higher top tax rate

Estonia has a top tax rate of 20.0% as of 2016. In Barbados, the top tax rate is 33.5% as of 2016.

Life

have 30.5% more children

In Estonia, 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 7.8 times more likely to die during childbirth

In Estonia, approximately 5.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Barbados, 39.0 women do as of 2020.

be 2.8 times more likely to die during infancy

In Estonia, approximately 3.4 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 10.5% less likely to have internet access

In Estonia, approximately 96.1% of the population has internet access as of 2022. In Barbados, about 86.0% do as of 2021.

Geography

see 97.4% less coastline

Estonia has a total of 3,794 km of coastline. In Barbados, that number is 97 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: Estonian Tax and Customs Board, 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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