If you lived in Samoa instead of Costa Rica, you would:

Health

live 4.5 years less

In Costa Rica, the average life expectancy is 80 years (77 years for men, 82 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 84.0% more likely to be obese

In Costa Rica, 25.7% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Samoa, that number is 47.3% of people as of 2016.

Economy

be 35.8% less likely to be unemployed

In Costa Rica, 8.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Samoa, that number is 5.2% as of 2017.

make 68.0% less money

Costa Rica has a GDP per capita of $19,700 as of 2020, while in Samoa, the GDP per capita is $6,300 as of 2020.

pay a 80.0% higher top tax rate

Costa Rica has a top tax rate of 15.0% as of 2016. In Samoa, the top tax rate is 27.0% as of 2016.

Life

have 34.5% more children

In Costa Rica, there are approximately 14.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Samoa, there are 19.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.

be 59.3% more likely to die during childbirth

In Costa Rica, approximately 27.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Samoa, 43.0 women do as of 2017.

be 2.0 times more likely to die during infancy

In Costa Rica, approximately 8.4 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 Costa Rica, approximately 81.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Samoa, about 34.0% do as of 2019.

Expenditures

spend 28.4% less on education

Costa Rica spends 6.7% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Samoa spends 4.8% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

spend 12.3% less on healthcare

Costa Rica spends 7.3% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Samoa, that number is 6.4% of GDP as of 2019.

Geography

see 68.8% less coastline

Costa Rica has a total of 1,290 km of coastline. In Samoa, that number is 403 km.


The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Ministry of Revenue, Samoa, Directorate General of Taxation of Costa Rica.

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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