Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 7.7 years longer

In Yemen, the average life expectancy is 68 years (65 years for men, 70 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 2.8 times more likely to be obese

In Yemen, 17.1% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Samoa, that number is 47.3% of people as of 2016.

Economy

make 2.5 times more money

Yemen has a GDP per capita of $2,500 as of 2017, while in Samoa, the GDP per capita is $6,300 as of 2020.

be 80.7% less likely to be unemployed

In Yemen, 27.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2014. In Samoa, that number is 5.2% as of 2017.

be 58.2% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Yemen, 48.6% live below the poverty line as of 2014. In Samoa, however, that number is 20.3% as of 2013.

pay a 80.0% higher top tax rate

Yemen has a top tax rate of 15.0% as of 2016. In Samoa, the top tax rate is 27.0% as of 2016.

Life

be 73.8% less likely to die during childbirth

In Yemen, approximately 164.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Samoa, 43.0 women do as of 2017.

be 41.4% more likely to be literate

In Yemen, the literacy rate is 70.1% as of 2015. In Samoa, it is 99.1% as of 2018.

be 63.5% less likely to die during infancy

In Yemen, approximately 46.5 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.

have 22.0% fewer children

In Yemen, there are approximately 24.6 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 2.1 times more likely to have access to electricity

In Yemen, approximately 47% of the population has electricity access as of 2019. In Samoa, 100% of the population do as of 2020.

be 25.9% more likely to have internet access

In Yemen, approximately 27.0% of the population has internet access as of 2019. In Samoa, about 34.0% do as of 2019.

Expenditures

spend 48.8% more on healthcare

Yemen spends 4.3% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2015. In Samoa, that number is 6.4% of GDP as of 2019.

Geography

see 78.9% less coastline

Yemen has a total of 1,906 km of coastline. In Samoa, that number is 403 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: Yemen Tax Authority, The World Factbook, 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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