Quality of life comparison

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

Health

be 40.3% less likely to be obese

In Samoa, 64.3% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Delaware, that number is 38.4% of people as of 2022.

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Economy

make 13.7 times more money

Samoa has a GDP per capita of $5,873 as of 2025, while in Delaware, the GDP per capita is $80,523 as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 21.5% more likely to have internet access

In Samoa, approximately 75.3% of the population has internet access as of 2022. In Delaware, about 91.5% do as of 2023.

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Sources: World Health Organization (2024), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (PLACES) (2022), World Bank (2025), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024), United Nations SDG Indicators (2022), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023). How we calculate this

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