Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 4.3 years longer

In Syria, the average life expectancy is 74 years (73 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 16.9% less likely to be obese

In Syria, 27.8% 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 Syria, 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 5.3 times more money

Syria has a GDP per capita of $2,900 as of 2015, while in Barbados, the GDP per capita is $15,400 as of 2022.

be 38.5% less likely to be unemployed

In Syria, 13.8% of adults are unemployed as of 2022. In Barbados, that number is 8.5% as of 2022.

pay a 52.3% higher top tax rate

Syria has a top tax rate of 22.0% as of 2016. In Barbados, the top tax rate is 33.5% as of 2016.

Life

be 15.3% more likely to be literate

In Syria, the literacy rate is 86.4% as of 2015. In Barbados, it is 99.6% as of 2014.

be 39.5% less likely to die during infancy

In Syria, approximately 15.9 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.

be 30.0% more likely to die during childbirth

In Syria, approximately 30.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Barbados, 39.0 women do as of 2020.

have 50.7% fewer children

In Syria, there are approximately 21.7 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 12.6% more likely to have access to electricity

In Syria, approximately 89% of the population has electricity access as of 2021. In Barbados, 100% of the population do as of 2021.

be 84.5% more likely to have internet access

In Syria, approximately 46.6% of the population has internet access as of 2022. In Barbados, about 86.0% do as of 2021.

Expenditures

spend 27.5% more on education

Syria spends 5.1% of its total GDP on education as of 2009. Barbados spends 6.5% of total GDP on education as of 2021.

Geography

see 49.7% less coastline

Syria has a total of 193 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, Syria, 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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