Quality of life comparison

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

Health

be 67.4% more likely to be obese

In Delaware, 38.4% of adults are obese as of 2022. In Samoa, that number is 64.3% of people as of 2024.

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Economy

make 92.7% less money

Delaware has a GDP per capita of $80,523 as of 2024, while in Samoa, the GDP per capita is $5,873 as of 2025.

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Basic Needs

be 17.7% less likely to have internet access

In Delaware, approximately 91.5% of the population has internet access as of 2023. In Samoa, about 75.3% do as of 2022.

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Sources: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (PLACES) (2022), World Health Organization (2024), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024), World Bank (2025), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023), United Nations SDG Indicators (2022). How we calculate this

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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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