Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Barbados instead of Isle of Man, you would:

Health

live 3.5 years less

In Isle of Man, the average life expectancy is 82 years (80 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

make 79.4% less money

Isle of Man has a GDP per capita of $84,600 as of 2014, while in Barbados, the GDP per capita is $17,400 as of 2023.

be 7.2 times more likely to be unemployed

In Isle of Man, 1.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Barbados, that number is 8.0% as of 2023.

pay a 67.5% higher top tax rate

Isle of Man has a top tax rate of 20.0% as of 2016. In Barbados, the top tax rate is 33.5% as of 2016.

Life

be 2.3 times more likely to die during infancy

In Isle of Man, approximately 4.2 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.

Geography

see 39.4% less coastline

Isle of Man has a total of 160 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, Income Tax Services, Isle of Man Government.

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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