Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Barbados instead of Hong Kong, you would:

Health

live 5.1 years less

In Hong Kong, the average life expectancy is 84 years (81 years for men, 86 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 73.0% less money

Hong Kong has a GDP per capita of $64,400 as of 2023, while in Barbados, the GDP per capita is $17,400 as of 2023.

be 2.0 times more likely to be unemployed

In Hong Kong, 3.9% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Barbados, that number is 8.0% as of 2023.

pay a 2.2 times higher top tax rate

Hong Kong has a top tax rate of 15.0% as of 2016. In Barbados, the top tax rate is 33.5% as of 2016.

Life

have 40.8% more children

In Hong Kong, there are approximately 7.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Barbados, there are 10.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

be 3.8 times more likely to die during infancy

In Hong Kong, approximately 2.5 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.

Expenditures

spend 62.5% more on education

Hong Kong spends 4.0% of its total GDP on education as of 2021. Barbados spends 6.5% of total GDP on education as of 2021.

Geography

see 86.8% less coastline

Hong Kong has a total of 733 km of coastline. In Barbados, that number is 97 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Ministry of Finance, Barbados, Inland Revenue Department, Hong Kong.

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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