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

Health

live 7.3 years longer

In Kiribati, the average life expectancy is 68 years (65 years for men, 71 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

make 2.7 times more money

Kiribati has a GDP per capita of $2,300 as of 2020, while in Samoa, the GDP per capita is $6,300 as of 2020.

be 83.0% less likely to be unemployed

In Kiribati, 30.6% of adults are unemployed as of 2010. In Samoa, that number is 5.2% as of 2017.

Life

be 53.3% less likely to die during childbirth

In Kiribati, approximately 92.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Samoa, 43.0 women do as of 2017.

be 48.4% less likely to die during infancy

In Kiribati, approximately 32.9 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 20.0% more likely to have access to improved drinking water

In Kiribati, approximately 82% of people have improved drinking water access (97% in urban areas, and 63% in rural areas) as of 2020. In Samoa, that number is 98% of people on average (100% in urban areas, and 98% in rural areas) as of 2020.

be 10.5% less likely to have internet access

In Kiribati, approximately 38.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Samoa, about 34.0% do as of 2019.

Expenditures

spend 61.3% less on education

Kiribati spends 12.4% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Samoa spends 4.8% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

spend 37.9% less on healthcare

Kiribati spends 10.3% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Samoa, that number is 6.4% of GDP as of 2019.

Geography

see 64.7% less coastline

Kiribati has a total of 1,143 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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