Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

be 89.2% more likely to be obese

In Bulgaria, 25.0% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Samoa, that number is 47.3% of people as of 2016.

Economy

be 14.7% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Bulgaria, 23.8% live below the poverty line as of 2019. In Samoa, however, that number is 20.3% as of 2013.

make 71.9% less money

Bulgaria has a GDP per capita of $22,400 as of 2020, while in Samoa, the GDP per capita is $6,300 as of 2020.

pay a 2.7 times higher top tax rate

Bulgaria has a top tax rate of 10.0% as of 2016. In Samoa, the top tax rate is 27.0% as of 2016.

Life

have 2.4 times more children

In Bulgaria, there are approximately 8.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Samoa, there are 19.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.

be 4.3 times more likely to die during childbirth

In Bulgaria, approximately 10.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Samoa, 43.0 women do as of 2017.

be 2.1 times more likely to die during infancy

In Bulgaria, approximately 8.0 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 51.4% less likely to have internet access

In Bulgaria, approximately 70.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Samoa, about 34.0% do as of 2019.

Expenditures

spend 17.1% more on education

Bulgaria spends 4.1% of its total GDP on education as of 2017. Samoa spends 4.8% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

Geography

see 13.8% more coastline

Bulgaria has a total of 354 km of coastline. In Samoa, that number is 403 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, National Revenue Agency, Bulgaria, 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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