Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Samoa instead of Cook Islands, you would:

Health

be 15.4% less likely to be obese

In Cook Islands, 55.9% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Samoa, that number is 47.3% of people as of 2016.

live 2.0 years less

In Cook Islands, the average life expectancy is 77 years (74 years for men, 80 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 60.3% less likely to be unemployed

In Cook Islands, 13.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2005. In Samoa, that number is 5.2% as of 2017.

make 62.3% less money

Cook Islands has a GDP per capita of $16,700 as of 2016, while in Samoa, the GDP per capita is $6,300 as of 2020.

Life

have 53.1% more children

In Cook Islands, there are approximately 12.6 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 37.0% less likely to have internet access

In Cook Islands, approximately 54.0% of the population has internet access as of 2019. In Samoa, about 34.0% do as of 2019.

Expenditures

spend 37.1% more on education

Cook Islands spends 3.5% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Samoa spends 4.8% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

spend 2.1 times more on healthcare

Cook Islands spends 3.1% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Samoa, that number is 6.4% of GDP as of 2019.

Geography

see 3.4 times more coastline

Cook Islands has a total of 120 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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