Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Samoa instead of San Marino, you would:

Health

live 8.7 years less

In San Marino, the average life expectancy is 84 years (81 years for men, 87 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 91.6% less money

San Marino has a GDP per capita of $61,600 as of 2021, while in Samoa, the GDP per capita is $5,200 as of 2022.

be 24.0% more likely to be unemployed

In San Marino, 8.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Samoa, that number is 10.0% as of 2022.

Life

have 2.1 times more children

In San Marino, there are approximately 8.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Samoa, there are 18.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

be 2.6 times more likely to die during infancy

In San Marino, approximately 6.5 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.

Expenditures

spend 39.1% less on healthcare

San Marino spends 8.7% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Samoa, that number is 5.3% of GDP as of 2020.

spend 41.2% more on education

San Marino spends 3.4% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Samoa spends 4.8% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

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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