If you lived in Samoa instead of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, you would:

Health

live 1.5 years less

In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 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 99.6% more likely to be obese

In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 23.7% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Samoa, that number is 47.3% of people as of 2016.

Economy

be 72.3% less likely to be unemployed

In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 18.8% of adults are unemployed as of 2008. In Samoa, that number is 5.2% as of 2017.

make 47.9% less money

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has a GDP per capita of $12,100 as of 2020, while in Samoa, the GDP per capita is $6,300 as of 2020.

Life

be 56.1% less likely to die during childbirth

In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, approximately 98.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Samoa, 43.0 women do as of 2017.

have 56.6% more children

In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, there are approximately 12.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Samoa, there are 19.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.

be 32.1% more likely to die during infancy

In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, approximately 12.9 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 54.5% more likely to have internet access

In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, approximately 22.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Samoa, about 34.0% do as of 2019.

Expenditures

spend 15.8% less on education

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines spends 5.7% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Samoa spends 4.8% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

spend 33.3% more on healthcare

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines spends 4.8% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Samoa, that number is 6.4% of GDP as of 2019.

Geography

see 4.8 times more coastline

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has a total of 84 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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