Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Barbados instead of French Polynesia, you would:

Economy

be 32.2% less likely to be unemployed

In French Polynesia, 11.7% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Barbados, that number is 8.0% as of 2023.

Life

be 2.2 times more likely to die during infancy

In French Polynesia, approximately 4.4 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.

have 20.6% fewer children

In French Polynesia, there are approximately 13.5 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 18.3% more likely to have internet access

In French Polynesia, approximately 72.7% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Barbados, about 86.0% do as of 2021.

Geography

see 96.2% less coastline

French Polynesia has a total of 2,525 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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