Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in American Samoa instead of Cocos (Keeling) Islands, you would:

Economy

be 298.0 times more likely to be unemployed

In Cocos (Keeling) Islands, 0.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2011. In American Samoa, that number is 29.8% as of 2005.

Basic Needs

be 3.0 times more likely to have internet access

In Cocos (Keeling) Islands, approximately 13.4% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In American Samoa, about 40.3% do as of 2021.

Geography

see 4.5 times more coastline

Cocos (Keeling) Islands has a total of 26 km of coastline. In American Samoa, that number is 116 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.

American Samoa: At a glance

American Samoa (sometimes abbreviated AS) is a sovereign country in Australia-Oceania, with a total land area of approximately 224 sq km. Settled as early as 1000 B.C., Samoa was not reached by European explorers until the 18th century. International rivalries in the latter half of the 19th century were settled by an 1899 treaty in which Germany and the US divided the Samoan archipelago. The US formally occupied its portion - a smaller group of eastern islands with the excellent harbor of Pago Pago - the following year.
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