Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 7.0 years less

In Anguilla, the average life expectancy is 82 years (80 years for men, 85 years for women) as of 2022. In Samoa, that number is 75 years (72 years for men, 78 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

be 35.0% less likely to be unemployed

In Anguilla, 8.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2002. In Samoa, that number is 5.2% as of 2017.

be 11.7% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Anguilla, 23.0% live below the poverty line as of 2002. In Samoa, however, that number is 20.3% as of 2013.

make 48.4% less money

Anguilla has a GDP per capita of $12,200 as of 2008, while in Samoa, the GDP per capita is $6,300 as of 2020.

Life

have 60.0% more children

In Anguilla, there are approximately 12.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Samoa, there are 19.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.

be 5.5 times more likely to die during infancy

In Anguilla, approximately 3.1 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 58.5% less likely to have internet access

In Anguilla, approximately 82.0% of the population has internet access as of 2019. In Samoa, about 34.0% do as of 2019.

Expenditures

spend 33.3% more on education

Anguilla spends 3.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Samoa spends 4.8% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

Geography

see 6.6 times more coastline

Anguilla has a total of 61 km of coastline. In Samoa, that number is 403 km.

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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