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

Health

live 1.8 years less

In Maldives, the average life expectancy is 77 years (75 years for men, 79 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 5.5 times more likely to be obese

In Maldives, 8.6% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Samoa, that number is 47.3% of people as of 2016.

Economy

make 51.5% less money

Maldives has a GDP per capita of $13,000 as of 2020, while in Samoa, the GDP per capita is $6,300 as of 2020.

be 79.3% more likely to be unemployed

In Maldives, 2.9% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Samoa, that number is 5.2% as of 2017.

be 2.5 times more likely to live below the poverty line

In Maldives, 8.2% live below the poverty line as of 2016. In Samoa, however, that number is 20.3% as of 2013.

Life

be 18.9% less likely to die during childbirth

In Maldives, approximately 53.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Samoa, 43.0 women do as of 2017.

be 33.9% less likely to die during infancy

In Maldives, approximately 25.7 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.

have 23.6% more children

In Maldives, there are approximately 15.5 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Samoa, there are 19.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.

Basic Needs

be 46.0% less likely to have internet access

In Maldives, approximately 63.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Samoa, about 34.0% do as of 2019.

Expenditures

spend 20.0% less on healthcare

Maldives spends 8.0% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Samoa, that number is 6.4% of GDP as of 2019.

spend 17.1% more on education

Maldives spends 4.1% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Samoa spends 4.8% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

Geography

see 37.4% less coastline

Maldives has a total of 644 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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