Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 5.1 years longer

In Ukraine, the average life expectancy is 73 years (69 years for men, 78 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 10.0% more likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Ukraine, 1.0% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Barbados, that number is 1.1% of people as of 2019.

Economy

be 19.1% less likely to be unemployed

In Ukraine, 9.8% of adults are unemployed as of 2021. In Barbados, that number is 8.0% as of 2023.

pay a 86.1% higher top tax rate

Ukraine has a top tax rate of 18.0% as of 2016. In Barbados, the top tax rate is 33.5% as of 2016.

Life

have 11.5% more children

In Ukraine, there are approximately 9.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2020. In Barbados, there are 10.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

be 2.3 times more likely to die during childbirth

In Ukraine, approximately 17.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Barbados, 39.0 women do as of 2020.

be 31.0% more likely to die during infancy

In Ukraine, approximately 7.3 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 20.4% more on education

Ukraine spends 5.4% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Barbados spends 6.5% of total GDP on education as of 2021.

Geography

see 96.5% less coastline

Ukraine has a total of 2,782 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 Revenue and Duties of Ukraine, 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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