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

Health

live 1.9 years longer

In Venezuela, the average life expectancy is 73 years (70 years for men, 77 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 84.8% more likely to be obese

In Venezuela, 25.6% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Samoa, that number is 47.3% of people as of 2016.

Economy

be 24.6% less likely to be unemployed

In Venezuela, 6.9% of adults are unemployed as of 2018. In Samoa, that number is 5.2% as of 2017.

be 38.7% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Venezuela, 33.1% live below the poverty line as of 2015. In Samoa, however, that number is 20.3% as of 2013.

pay a 20.6% lower top tax rate

Venezuela has a top tax rate of 34.0% as of 2016. In Samoa, the top tax rate is 27.0% as of 2016.

make 18.2% less money

Venezuela has a GDP per capita of $7,704 as of 2018, while in Samoa, the GDP per capita is $6,300 as of 2020.

Life

be 65.6% less likely to die during childbirth

In Venezuela, approximately 125.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Samoa, 43.0 women do as of 2017.

have 11.2% more children

In Venezuela, there are approximately 17.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Samoa, there are 19.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.

Basic Needs

be 52.8% less likely to have internet access

In Venezuela, approximately 72.0% of the population has internet access as of 2019. In Samoa, about 34.0% do as of 2019.

Expenditures

spend 3.7 times more on education

Venezuela spends 1.3% of its total GDP on education as of 2017. Samoa spends 4.8% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

spend 18.5% more on healthcare

Venezuela spends 5.4% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Samoa, that number is 6.4% of GDP as of 2019.

Geography

see 85.6% less coastline

Venezuela has a total of 2,800 km of coastline. In Samoa, that number is 403 km.


The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Ministerio del Poder Popular de Finanzas, SENIAT, Ministry of Revenue, Samoa.

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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