Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Samoa instead of Cabo Verde, you would:

Health

live 1.4 years longer

In Cabo Verde, the average life expectancy is 74 years (71 years for men, 76 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 4.0 times more likely to be obese

In Cabo Verde, 11.8% 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 Cabo Verde, 9.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Samoa, that number is 5.2% as of 2017.

be 42.0% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Cabo Verde, 35.0% live below the poverty line as of 2015. In Samoa, however, that number is 20.3% as of 2013.

Life

be 25.9% less likely to die during childbirth

In Cabo Verde, approximately 58.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Samoa, 43.0 women do as of 2017.

be 14.2% more likely to be literate

In Cabo Verde, the literacy rate is 86.8% as of 2015. In Samoa, it is 99.1% as of 2018.

be 27.8% less likely to die during infancy

In Cabo Verde, approximately 23.5 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 47.7% less likely to have internet access

In Cabo Verde, approximately 65.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Samoa, about 34.0% do as of 2019.

Expenditures

spend 30.6% more on healthcare

Cabo Verde spends 4.9% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Samoa, that number is 6.4% of GDP as of 2019.

Geography

see 58.2% less coastline

Cabo Verde has a total of 965 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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