Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 8.0 years less

In Guernsey, the average life expectancy is 83 years (81 years for men, 86 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

make 90.1% less money

Guernsey has a GDP per capita of $52,500 as of 2014, while in Samoa, the GDP per capita is $5,200 as of 2022.

be 66.5% more likely to be unemployed

In Guernsey, 6.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2022. In Samoa, that number is 10.0% as of 2022.

Life

have 93.8% more children

In Guernsey, there are approximately 9.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Samoa, there are 18.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

be 5.1 times more likely to die during infancy

In Guernsey, approximately 3.4 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.

Geography

see 8.1 times more coastline

Guernsey has a total of 50 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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