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

Health

live 4.9 years longer

In Morocco, the average life expectancy is 74 years (72 years for men, 75 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 11.5% less likely to be obese

In Morocco, 26.1% 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 Morocco, 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

make 97.7% more money

Morocco has a GDP per capita of $8,800 as of 2023, while in Barbados, the GDP per capita is $17,400 as of 2023.

be 12.7% less likely to be unemployed

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

pay a 11.8% lower top tax rate

Morocco has a top tax rate of 38.0% as of 2016. In Barbados, the top tax rate is 33.5% as of 2016.

Life

be 45.8% less likely to die during childbirth

In Morocco, approximately 72.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Barbados, 39.0 women do as of 2020.

be 31.2% more likely to be literate

In Morocco, the literacy rate is 75.9% as of 2021. In Barbados, it is 99.6% as of 2014.

be 50.0% less likely to die during infancy

In Morocco, approximately 19.2 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 36.3% fewer children

In Morocco, there are approximately 16.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Barbados, there are 10.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Expenditures

spend 20.0% more on healthcare

Morocco spends 6.0% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Barbados, that number is 7.2% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 94.7% less coastline

Morocco has a total of 1,835 km of coastline. In Barbados, that number is 97 km.


The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Direction Générale des Impôts, Morocco, 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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