Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Samoa instead of Belize, you would:

Health

be 96.3% more likely to be obese

In Belize, 24.1% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Samoa, that number is 47.3% of people as of 2016.

Economy

be 42.2% less likely to be unemployed

In Belize, 9.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Samoa, that number is 5.2% as of 2017.

be 50.5% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Belize, 41.0% live below the poverty line as of 2013. In Samoa, however, that number is 20.3% as of 2013.

Life

be 19.4% more likely to die during childbirth

In Belize, approximately 36.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Samoa, 43.0 women do as of 2017.

be 52.5% more likely to die during infancy

In Belize, approximately 11.2 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Samoa, on the other hand, 17.0 children do as of 2020.

Basic Needs

be 33.3% less likely to have internet access

In Belize, approximately 51.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Samoa, about 34.0% do as of 2019.

Expenditures

spend 39.2% less on education

Belize spends 7.9% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Samoa spends 4.8% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

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

Samoa: At a glance

Samoa is a sovereign country in Australia-Oceania, with a total land area of approximately 2,821 sq km. New Zealand occupied the German protectorate of Western Samoa at the outbreak of World War I in 1914. It continued to administer the islands as a mandate and then as a trust territory until 1962, when the islands became the first Polynesian nation to reestablish independence in the 20th century. The country dropped the "Western" from its name in 1997.
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