Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 6.1 years longer

In Suriname, the average life expectancy is 72 years (69 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 12.5% less likely to be obese

In Suriname, 26.4% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Barbados, that number is 23.1% of people as of 2016.

Economy

pay a 11.8% lower top tax rate

Suriname 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 59.4% less likely to die during childbirth

In Suriname, approximately 96.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Barbados, 39.0 women do as of 2020.

be 68.3% less likely to die during infancy

In Suriname, approximately 30.2 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 Suriname, 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 30.3% more likely to have internet access

In Suriname, approximately 66.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Barbados, about 86.0% do as of 2021.

Expenditures

spend 30.0% more on education

Suriname spends 5.0% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Barbados spends 6.5% of total GDP on education as of 2021.

Geography

see 74.9% less coastline

Suriname has a total of 386 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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