Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

be 5.5 times more likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Ireland, 0.2% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Barbados, that number is 1.1% of people as of 2019.

live 3.1 years less

In Ireland, the average life expectancy is 82 years (79 years for men, 84 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

pay a 30.2% lower top tax rate

Ireland has a top tax rate of 48.0% as of 2016. In Barbados, the top tax rate is 33.5% as of 2016.

make 84.9% less money

Ireland has a GDP per capita of $115,600 as of 2023, while in Barbados, the GDP per capita is $17,400 as of 2023.

be 83.2% more likely to be unemployed

In Ireland, 4.3% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Barbados, that number is 8.0% as of 2023.

Life

be 7.8 times more likely to die during childbirth

In Ireland, approximately 5.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Barbados, 39.0 women do as of 2020.

be 2.8 times more likely to die during infancy

In Ireland, approximately 3.5 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 2.1 times more on education

Ireland spends 3.1% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Barbados spends 6.5% of total GDP on education as of 2021.

Geography

see 93.3% less coastline

Ireland has a total of 1,448 km of coastline. In Barbados, that number is 97 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, The Office of the Revenue Commissioners, Ministry of Finance, Barbados.

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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