Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Samoa instead of British Virgin Islands, you would:

Health

live 4.5 years less

In British Virgin Islands, the average life expectancy is 80 years (78 years for men, 81 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 82.5% less money

British Virgin Islands has a GDP per capita of $34,200 as of 2017, while in Samoa, the GDP per capita is $6,000 as of 2023.

be 3.4 times more likely to be unemployed

In British Virgin Islands, 2.9% of adults are unemployed as of 2015. In Samoa, that number is 9.8% as of 2023.

Life

have 72.5% more children

In British Virgin Islands, there are approximately 10.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Samoa, there are 18.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

be 20.1% more likely to die during infancy

In British Virgin Islands, approximately 14.2 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 84.6% more on education

British Virgin Islands spends 2.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Samoa spends 4.8% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

Geography

see 5.0 times more coastline

British Virgin Islands has a total of 80 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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