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

Health

live 12.4 years less

In Liechtenstein, the average life expectancy is 84 years (82 years for men, 86 years for women) as of 2024. In Samoa, that number is 72 years (70 years for men, 74 years for women) as of 2024.

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see 95.2% less spent on your healthcare

Liechtenstein spends $9,795 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Samoa spends $475 as of 2023.

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Economy

make 97.3% less money

Liechtenstein has a GDP per capita of $220,167 as of 2024, while in Samoa, the GDP per capita is $5,873 as of 2025.

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Life

have 3.0 times more children

In Liechtenstein, there are approximately 8.4 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Samoa, there are 25.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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be 3.0 times more likely to die during infancy

In Liechtenstein, approximately 4.0 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Samoa, on the other hand, 12.3 children do as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 23.4% less likely to have internet access

In Liechtenstein, approximately 98.3% of the population has internet access as of 2024. In Samoa, about 75.3% do as of 2022.

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Expenditures

spend 18.7% more on healthcare

Liechtenstein spends 5.7% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2023. In Samoa, that number is 6.8% of GDP as of 2023.

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Safety

be 22.3% more likely to be murdered

Liechtenstein has a homicide rate of 5.1 per 100,000 people as of 2021. In Samoa, that number is 6.3 per 100,000 as of 2018.

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Infrastructure

find 98.2% less home broadband

Liechtenstein has 50.0 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Samoa has 0.9 as of 2022.

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Sources: World Bank (2018–2025), The World Factbook (2022), United Nations SDG Indicators (2022). How we calculate this

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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