Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 2.8 years longer

In Grenada, the average life expectancy is 76 years (73 years for men, 79 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 2.2 times more likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Grenada, 0.5% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2018. In Barbados, that number is 1.1% of people as of 2019.

Economy

be 66.9% less likely to be unemployed

In Grenada, 24.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Barbados, that number is 8.0% as of 2023.

Life

be 85.7% more likely to die during childbirth

In Grenada, approximately 21.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Barbados, 39.0 women do as of 2020.

have 19.5% fewer children

In Grenada, there are approximately 13.3 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 10.3% more likely to have internet access

In Grenada, approximately 78.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Barbados, about 86.0% do as of 2021.

Expenditures

spend 80.6% more on education

Grenada spends 3.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Barbados spends 6.5% of total GDP on education as of 2021.

spend 24.1% more on healthcare

Grenada spends 5.8% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Barbados, that number is 7.2% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 19.8% less coastline

Grenada has a total of 121 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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