Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 4.6 years longer

In Greenland, the average life expectancy is 74 years (71 years for men, 77 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

be 12.6% less likely to be unemployed

In Greenland, 9.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2015. In Barbados, that number is 8.0% as of 2023.

make 74.4% less money

Greenland has a GDP per capita of $68,100 as of 2021, while in Barbados, the GDP per capita is $17,400 as of 2023.

Life

have 20.7% fewer children

In Greenland, there are approximately 13.5 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 23.7% more likely to have internet access

In Greenland, approximately 69.5% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Barbados, about 86.0% do as of 2021.

Expenditures

spend 36.3% less on education

Greenland spends 10.2% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Barbados spends 6.5% of total GDP on education as of 2021.

Geography

see 99.8% less coastline

Greenland has a total of 44,087 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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