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

Health

be 2.1 times more likely to be obese

In Brazil, 22.1% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Samoa, that number is 47.3% of people as of 2016.

Economy

make 67.7% less money

Brazil has a GDP per capita of $18,600 as of 2023, while in Samoa, the GDP per capita is $6,000 as of 2023.

be 22.6% more likely to be unemployed

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

be 5.2 times more likely to live below the poverty line

In Brazil, 4.2% live below the poverty line as of 2016. In Samoa, however, that number is 21.9% as of 2018.

Life

be 18.1% less likely to die during childbirth

In Brazil, approximately 72.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Samoa, 59.0 women do as of 2020.

have 42.4% more children

In Brazil, there are approximately 13.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Samoa, there are 18.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

be 27.7% more likely to die during infancy

In Brazil, approximately 13.3 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 20.0% less on education

Brazil spends 6.0% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Samoa spends 4.8% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

spend 48.5% less on healthcare

Brazil spends 10.3% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Samoa, that number is 5.3% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 94.6% less coastline

Brazil has a total of 7,491 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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