Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 3.3 years longer

In Iran, the average life expectancy is 75 years (74 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.

be 10.5% less likely to be obese

In Iran, 25.8% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Barbados, that number is 23.1% of people as of 2016.

be 11.0 times more likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Iran, 0.1% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Barbados, that number is 1.1% of people as of 2019.

Economy

be 12.6% less likely to be unemployed

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

Life

be 12.3% more likely to be literate

In Iran, the literacy rate is 88.7% as of 2021. In Barbados, it is 99.6% as of 2014.

be 35.3% less likely to die during infancy

In Iran, approximately 14.8 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.

be 77.3% more likely to die during childbirth

In Iran, approximately 22.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Barbados, 39.0 women do as of 2020.

have 25.2% fewer children

In Iran, there are approximately 14.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Barbados, there are 10.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Expenditures

spend 80.6% more on education

Iran spends 3.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Barbados spends 6.5% of total GDP on education as of 2021.

spend 35.8% more on healthcare

Iran spends 5.3% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Barbados, that number is 7.2% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 96.0% less coastline

Iran has a total of 2,440 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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