Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 3.0 years less

In Dominica, the average life expectancy is 78 years (75 years for men, 81 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 69.5% more likely to be obese

In Dominica, 27.9% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Samoa, that number is 47.3% of people as of 2016.

Economy

be 56.3% less likely to be unemployed

In Dominica, 23.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2000. In Samoa, that number is 10.0% as of 2022.

be 24.5% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Dominica, 29.0% live below the poverty line as of 2009. In Samoa, however, that number is 21.9% as of 2018.

make 54.8% less money

Dominica has a GDP per capita of $11,500 as of 2022, while in Samoa, the GDP per capita is $5,200 as of 2022.

Life

have 41.4% more children

In Dominica, there are approximately 13.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Samoa, there are 18.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

be 50.8% more likely to die during infancy

In Dominica, approximately 11.3 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 12.7% less on education

Dominica spends 5.5% of its total GDP on education as of 2021. Samoa spends 4.8% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

Geography

see 2.7 times more coastline

Dominica has a total of 148 km of coastline. In Samoa, that number is 403 km.

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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