Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 2.4 years less

In Panama, the average life expectancy is 78 years (75 years for men, 81 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 2.1 times more likely to be obese

In Panama, 22.7% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Samoa, that number is 47.3% of people as of 2016.

Economy

be 15.3% less likely to be unemployed

In Panama, 6.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2018. In Samoa, that number is 5.2% as of 2017.

make 75.2% less money

Panama has a GDP per capita of $25,400 as of 2020, while in Samoa, the GDP per capita is $6,300 as of 2020.

Life

be 17.3% less likely to die during childbirth

In Panama, approximately 52.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Samoa, 43.0 women do as of 2017.

Basic Needs

be 46.9% less likely to have internet access

In Panama, approximately 64.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Samoa, about 34.0% do as of 2019.

Expenditures

spend 15.8% less on healthcare

Panama spends 7.6% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Samoa, that number is 6.4% of GDP as of 2019.

spend 54.8% more on education

Panama spends 3.1% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Samoa spends 4.8% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

Geography

see 83.8% less coastline

Panama has a total of 2,490 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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