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

Health

be 2.1 times more likely to be obese

In Brazil, 22.1% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Samoa, that number is 47.3% of people as of 2016.

Economy

be 56.4% less likely to be unemployed

In Brazil, 11.9% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Samoa, that number is 5.2% as of 2017.

make 55.3% less money

Brazil has a GDP per capita of $14,100 as of 2020, while in Samoa, the GDP per capita is $6,300 as of 2020.

be 4.8 times more likely to live below the poverty line

In Brazil, 4.2% live below the poverty line as of 2016. In Samoa, however, that number is 20.3% as of 2013.

Life

be 28.3% less likely to die during childbirth

In Brazil, approximately 60.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Samoa, 43.0 women do as of 2017.

have 37.6% more children

In Brazil, there are approximately 14.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Samoa, there are 19.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.

be 27.7% more likely to die during infancy

In Brazil, approximately 13.3 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 58.0% less likely to have internet access

In Brazil, approximately 81.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Samoa, about 34.0% do as of 2019.

Expenditures

spend 21.3% less on education

Brazil spends 6.1% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Samoa spends 4.8% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

spend 33.3% less on healthcare

Brazil spends 9.6% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Samoa, that number is 6.4% of GDP as of 2019.

Geography

see 94.6% less coastline

Brazil has a total of 7,491 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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