Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in American Samoa instead of Western Sahara, you would:

Health

live 10.8 years longer

In Western Sahara, the average life expectancy is 64 years (62 years for men, 67 years for women) as of 2020. In American Samoa, that number is 75 years (73 years for men, 78 years for women) as of 2022.

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Life

be 79.0% less likely to die during infancy

In Western Sahara, approximately 47.9 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2020. In American Samoa, on the other hand, 10.1 children do as of 2022.

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Geography

see 89.5% less coastline

Western Sahara has a total of 1,110 km of coastline. In American Samoa, that number is 116 km.

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

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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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