Quality of life comparison

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

Economy

make 89.4% less money

Missouri has a GDP per capita of $56,344 as of 2024, while in Samoa, the GDP per capita is $6,000 as of 2023.

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be 3.0 times more likely to be unemployed

In Missouri, 3.3% of adults are unemployed as of 2025. In Samoa, that number is 9.8% as of 2023.

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Basic Needs

be 11.7% less likely to have internet access

In Missouri, approximately 88.3% of the population has internet access as of 2023. In Samoa, about 78.0% do as of 2021.

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The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Bureau of Labor Statistics, US Census Bureau (American Community Survey), Bureau of Economic Analysis.

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Cost of Living Comparison · 5 categories - 2026 data
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Missouri is about 63 times bigger than Samoa.
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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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