Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Samoa instead of Cayman Islands, you would:

Health

live 6.9 years less

In Cayman Islands, the average life expectancy is 82 years (79 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 92.7% less money

Cayman Islands has a GDP per capita of $71,400 as of 2022, while in Samoa, the GDP per capita is $5,200 as of 2022.

be 2.5 times more likely to be unemployed

In Cayman Islands, 4.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2008. In Samoa, that number is 10.0% as of 2022.

Life

have 63.5% more children

In Cayman Islands, there are approximately 11.5 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Samoa, there are 18.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

be 2.2 times more likely to die during infancy

In Cayman Islands, approximately 7.7 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 2.3 times more on education

Cayman Islands spends 2.1% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Samoa spends 4.8% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

Geography

see 2.5 times more coastline

Cayman Islands has a total of 160 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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