Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 2.5 years longer

In Seychelles, the average life expectancy is 76 years (72 years for men, 81 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 65.0% more likely to be obese

In Seychelles, 14.0% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Barbados, that number is 23.1% of people as of 2016.

Economy

make 41.0% less money

Seychelles has a GDP per capita of $29,500 as of 2023, while in Barbados, the GDP per capita is $17,400 as of 2023.

be 2.6 times more likely to be unemployed

In Seychelles, 3.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Barbados, that number is 8.0% as of 2023.

pay a 2.2 times higher top tax rate

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

Expenditures

spend 25.0% more on education

Seychelles spends 5.2% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Barbados spends 6.5% of total GDP on education as of 2021.

spend 12.5% more on healthcare

Seychelles spends 6.4% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Barbados, that number is 7.2% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 80.2% less coastline

Seychelles has a total of 491 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, 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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