Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 7.2 years longer

In Mongolia, the average life expectancy is 71 years (67 years for men, 76 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 11.0 times more likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

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

be 12.1% more likely to be obese

In Mongolia, 20.6% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Barbados, that number is 23.1% of people as of 2016.

Economy

be 29.7% more likely to be unemployed

In Mongolia, 6.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Barbados, that number is 8.0% as of 2023.

pay a 3.4 times higher top tax rate

Mongolia has a top tax rate of 10.0% as of 2016. In Barbados, the top tax rate is 33.5% as of 2016.

Life

be 52.4% less likely to die during infancy

In Mongolia, approximately 20.2 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.

have 28.2% fewer children

In Mongolia, there are approximately 14.9 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 12.8% more likely to have access to improved drinking water

In Mongolia, approximately 88% of people have improved drinking water access as of 2020. In Barbados, 99% of people do as of 2020.

Expenditures

spend 38.3% more on education

Mongolia spends 4.7% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Barbados spends 6.5% of total GDP on education as of 2021.

spend 46.9% more on healthcare

Mongolia spends 4.9% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Barbados, that number is 7.2% of GDP as of 2020.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Ministry of Finance, Barbados, General Department of National Taxation.

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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