Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Barbados instead of Western Sahara, you would:

Health

live 14.0 years longer

In Western Sahara, the average life expectancy is 64 years (62 years for men, 67 years for women) as of 2020. In Barbados, that number is 79 years (76 years for men, 81 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

make 7.0 times more money

Western Sahara has a GDP per capita of $2,500 as of 2007, while in Barbados, the GDP per capita is $17,400 as of 2023.

Life

be 80.0% less likely to die during infancy

In Western Sahara, approximately 47.9 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2020. In Barbados, on the other hand, 9.6 children do as of 2020.

have 61.8% fewer children

In Western Sahara, there are approximately 28.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2020. In Barbados, there are 10.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Geography

see 91.3% less coastline

Western Sahara has a total of 1,110 km of coastline. In Barbados, that number is 97 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.

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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