Quality of life comparison
If you lived in India instead of Samoa, you would:
Health
be 91.8% less likely to be obese
In Samoa, 47.3% of adults are obese as of 2016. In India, that number is 3.9% of people as of 2016.
live 8.0 years less
In Samoa, the average life expectancy is 75 years (72 years for men, 78 years for women) as of 2022. In India, that number is 67 years (65 years for men, 69 years for women) as of 2022.
Economy
be 63.5% more likely to be unemployed
In Samoa, 5.2% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In India, that number is 8.5% as of 2017.
pay a 31.6% higher top tax rate
Samoa has a top tax rate of 27.0% as of 2016. In India, the top tax rate is 35.5% as of 2016.
Life
be 3.4 times more likely to die during childbirth
In Samoa, approximately 43.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In India, 145.0 women do as of 2017.
be 24.9% less likely to be literate
In Samoa, the literacy rate is 99.1% as of 2018. In India, it is 74.4% as of 2018.
be 78.3% more likely to die during infancy
In Samoa, approximately 17.0 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2020. In India, on the other hand, 30.3 children do as of 2022.
have 12.4% fewer children
In Samoa, there are approximately 19.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In India, there are 16.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
Basic Needs
be 26.5% more likely to have internet access
In Samoa, approximately 34.0% of the population has internet access as of 2019. In India, about 43.0% do as of 2020.
Expenditures
spend 27.1% less on education
Samoa spends 4.8% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. India spends 3.5% of total GDP on education as of 2016.
spend 53.1% less on healthcare
Samoa spends 6.4% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In India, that number is 3.0% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 17.4 times more coastline
Samoa has a total of 403 km of coastline. In India, that number is 7,000 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Ministry of Finance, Government of India, Ministry of Revenue, Samoa.
India: At a glance
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