Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 13.1 years longer

In Angola, the average life expectancy is 62 years (60 years for men, 64 years for women) as of 2022. In Samoa, that number is 75 years (72 years for men, 78 years for women) as of 2022.

be 5.8 times more likely to be obese

In Angola, 8.2% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Samoa, that number is 47.3% of people as of 2016.

Economy

be 21.2% less likely to be unemployed

In Angola, 6.6% of adults are unemployed as of 2016. In Samoa, that number is 5.2% as of 2017.

be 37.2% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Angola, 32.3% live below the poverty line as of 2018. In Samoa, however, that number is 20.3% as of 2013.

pay a 58.8% higher top tax rate

Angola has a top tax rate of 17.0% as of 2016. In Samoa, the top tax rate is 27.0% as of 2016.

Life

be 82.2% less likely to die during childbirth

In Angola, approximately 241.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Samoa, 43.0 women do as of 2017.

be 39.4% more likely to be literate

In Angola, the literacy rate is 71.1% as of 2015. In Samoa, it is 99.1% as of 2018.

be 71.1% less likely to die during infancy

In Angola, approximately 58.9 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.

have 54.0% fewer children

In Angola, there are approximately 41.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Samoa, there are 19.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.

Basic Needs

be 2.3 times more likely to have access to electricity

In Angola, approximately 43% of the population has electricity access as of 2019. In Samoa, 100% of the population do as of 2020.

be 48.0% more likely to have access to improved drinking water

In Angola, approximately 66% of people have improved drinking water access (81% in urban areas, and 36% in rural areas) as of 2020. In Samoa, that number is 98% of people on average (100% in urban areas, and 98% in rural areas) as of 2020.

Expenditures

spend 2.7 times more on education

Angola spends 1.8% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Samoa spends 4.8% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

spend 2.6 times more on healthcare

Angola spends 2.5% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Samoa, that number is 6.4% of GDP as of 2019.

Geography

see 74.8% less coastline

Angola has a total of 1,600 km of coastline. In Samoa, that number is 403 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Direcção Nacional dos Impostos, Ministério das Finanças, Ministry of Revenue, Samoa.

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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