Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Samoa instead of Turks and Caicos Islands, you would:

Health

live 5.6 years less

In Turks and Caicos Islands, the average life expectancy is 81 years (78 years for men, 84 years for women) as of 2022. In Samoa, that number is 75 years (72 years for men, 78 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

be 48.0% less likely to be unemployed

In Turks and Caicos Islands, 10.0% of adults are unemployed as of 1997. In Samoa, that number is 5.2% as of 2017.

make 70.1% less money

Turks and Caicos Islands has a GDP per capita of $21,100 as of 2020, while in Samoa, the GDP per capita is $6,300 as of 2020.

Life

have 41.9% more children

In Turks and Caicos Islands, there are approximately 13.5 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Samoa, there are 19.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.

be 46.7% more likely to die during infancy

In Turks and Caicos Islands, approximately 11.6 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.

Expenditures

spend 37.1% more on education

Turks and Caicos Islands spends 3.5% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Samoa spends 4.8% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

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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