Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Samoa instead of Dominican Republic, you would:

Health

live 2.6 years longer

In Dominican Republic, the average life expectancy is 73 years (71 years for men, 74 years for women) as of 2022. In Samoa, that number is 75 years (72 years for men, 78 years for women) as of 2022.

be 71.4% more likely to be obese

In Dominican Republic, 27.6% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Samoa, that number is 47.3% of people as of 2016.

Economy

make 74.0% less money

Dominican Republic has a GDP per capita of $23,100 as of 2023, while in Samoa, the GDP per capita is $6,000 as of 2023.

be 75.4% more likely to be unemployed

In Dominican Republic, 5.6% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Samoa, that number is 9.8% as of 2023.

Life

be 44.9% less likely to die during childbirth

In Dominican Republic, approximately 107.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Samoa, 59.0 women do as of 2020.

be 19.7% less likely to die during infancy

In Dominican Republic, approximately 21.2 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.

Geography

see 68.7% less coastline

Dominican Republic has a total of 1,288 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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