Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Economy

be 67.3% less likely to be unemployed

In American Samoa, 29.8% of adults are unemployed as of 2005. In Samoa, that number is 9.8% as of 2023.

make 46.4% less money

American Samoa has a GDP per capita of $11,200 as of 2016, while in Samoa, the GDP per capita is $6,000 as of 2023.

Life

have 19.7% more children

In American Samoa, there are approximately 15.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Samoa, there are 18.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

be 69.0% more likely to die during infancy

In American Samoa, approximately 10.1 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.

Basic Needs

be 66.6% more likely to have access to electricity

In American Samoa, approximately 59% of people have electricity access (60% in urban areas, and 45% in rural areas) as of 2020. In Samoa, that number is 98% of people on average (100% in urban areas, and 98% in rural areas) as of 2022.

be 93.5% more likely to have internet access

In American Samoa, approximately 40.3% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Samoa, about 78.0% do as of 2021.

Geography

see 3.5 times more coastline

American Samoa has a total of 116 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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