Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

be 79.8% more likely to be obese

In Lithuania, 26.3% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Samoa, that number is 47.3% of people as of 2016.

Economy

be 38.1% less likely to be unemployed

In Lithuania, 8.4% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Samoa, that number is 5.2% as of 2017.

make 82.8% less money

Lithuania has a GDP per capita of $36,700 as of 2020, while in Samoa, the GDP per capita is $6,300 as of 2020.

pay a 80.0% higher top tax rate

Lithuania 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 2.1 times more children

In Lithuania, there are approximately 9.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Samoa, there are 19.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.

be 8.6 times more likely to die during childbirth

In Lithuania, approximately 5.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Samoa, 43.0 women do as of 2017.

be 4.7 times more likely to die during infancy

In Lithuania, approximately 3.6 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 65.2% less likely to have internet access

In Lithuania, approximately 97.8% of the population has internet access as of 2022. In Samoa, about 34.0% do as of 2019.

Expenditures

spend 23.1% more on education

Lithuania spends 3.9% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Samoa spends 4.8% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

Geography

see 4.5 times more coastline

Lithuania has a total of 90 km of coastline. In Samoa, that number is 403 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, State Tax Inspectorate, Ministry of Revenue, Samoa.

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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