Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Barbados instead of New Caledonia, you would:

Economy

be 29.1% less likely to be unemployed

In New Caledonia, 11.2% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Barbados, that number is 8.0% as of 2023.

make 51.3% less money

New Caledonia has a GDP per capita of $35,700 as of 2021, while in Barbados, the GDP per capita is $17,400 as of 2023.

Life

be 92.0% more likely to die during infancy

In New Caledonia, approximately 5.0 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2020. In Barbados, on the other hand, 9.6 children do as of 2020.

have 22.5% fewer children

In New Caledonia, there are approximately 13.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Barbados, there are 10.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Geography

see 95.7% less coastline

New Caledonia has a total of 2,254 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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