Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 7.0 years less

In Anguilla, the average life expectancy is 82 years (80 years for men, 85 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 50.8% less money

Anguilla has a GDP per capita of $12,200 as of 2008, while in Samoa, the GDP per capita is $6,000 as of 2023.

be 21.9% more likely to be unemployed

In Anguilla, 8.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2002. In Samoa, that number is 9.8% as of 2023.

Life

have 59.3% more children

In Anguilla, there are approximately 11.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Samoa, there are 18.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

be 5.5 times more likely to die during infancy

In Anguilla, approximately 3.1 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.

Expenditures

spend 20.0% more on education

Anguilla spends 4.0% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Samoa spends 4.8% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

Geography

see 6.6 times more coastline

Anguilla has a total of 61 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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