Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in American Samoa instead of Rhode Island, you would:

Health

be 2.4 times more likely to be obese

In Rhode Island, 31.6% of adults are obese as of 2022. In American Samoa, that number is 75.9% of people as of 2024.

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Economy

make 68.4% less money

Rhode Island has a GDP per capita of $56,938 as of 2024, while in American Samoa, the GDP per capita is $18,017 as of 2022.

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Basic Needs

be 55.6% less likely to have internet access

In Rhode Island, approximately 90.8% of the population has internet access as of 2023. In American Samoa, about 40.3% do as of 2021.

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Sources: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (PLACES) (2022), World Health Organization (2024), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024), World Bank (2022), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023), The World Factbook (2021). How we calculate this

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American Samoa: At a glance

American Samoa (sometimes abbreviated AS) is a sovereign country in Australia-Oceania, with a total land area of approximately 224 sq km. Settled as early as 1000 B.C., Samoa was not reached by European explorers until the 18th century. International rivalries in the latter half of the 19th century were settled by an 1899 treaty in which Germany and the US divided the Samoan archipelago. The US formally occupied its portion - a smaller group of eastern islands with the excellent harbor of Pago Pago - the following year.
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