Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in American Samoa instead of Tokelau, you would:

Economy

make 86.5% more money

Tokelau has a GDP per capita of $6,004 as of 2017, while in American Samoa, the GDP per capita is $11,200 as of 2016.

be 14.9 times more likely to be unemployed

In Tokelau, 2.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2015. In American Samoa, that number is 29.8% as of 2005.

Basic Needs

be 46.6% less likely to have internet access

In Tokelau, approximately 58.0% of the population has internet access as of 2019. In American Samoa, about 31.0% do as of 2020.

Geography

see 14.9% more coastline

Tokelau has a total of 101 km of coastline. In American Samoa, that number is 116 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.

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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