Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 4.4 years longer

In Serbia, the average life expectancy is 74 years (72 years for men, 77 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 Serbia, 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 29.0% less money

Serbia has a GDP per capita of $24,500 as of 2023, while in Barbados, the GDP per capita is $17,400 as of 2023.

pay a 2.2 times higher top tax rate

Serbia has a top tax rate of 15.0% as of 2017. In Barbados, the top tax rate is 33.5% as of 2016.

Life

have 21.6% more children

In Serbia, there are approximately 8.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Barbados, there are 10.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

be 3.9 times more likely to die during childbirth

In Serbia, approximately 10.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Barbados, 39.0 women do as of 2020.

be 99.6% more likely to die during infancy

In Serbia, approximately 4.8 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 17.2% less on healthcare

Serbia spends 8.7% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Barbados, that number is 7.2% of GDP as of 2020.

spend 80.6% more on education

Serbia spends 3.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Barbados spends 6.5% of total GDP on education as of 2021.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Ministry of Finance, Barbados, Ministry of Finance, Republic of Serbia.

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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