Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Barbados instead of Faroe Islands, you would:

Health

live 2.7 years less

In Faroe Islands, the average life expectancy is 81 years (79 years for men, 84 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 75.7% less money

Faroe Islands has a GDP per capita of $71,500 as of 2022, while in Barbados, the GDP per capita is $17,400 as of 2023.

be 3.6 times more likely to be unemployed

In Faroe Islands, 2.2% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Barbados, that number is 8.0% as of 2023.

Life

be 60.3% more likely to die during infancy

In Faroe Islands, approximately 6.0 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 28.2% fewer children

In Faroe Islands, there are approximately 14.9 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 11.9% less likely to have internet access

In Faroe Islands, approximately 97.6% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Barbados, about 86.0% do as of 2021.

Expenditures

spend 14.5% less on education

Faroe Islands spends 7.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Barbados spends 6.5% of total GDP on education as of 2021.

Geography

see 91.3% less coastline

Faroe Islands has a total of 1,117 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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