Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

be 2.2 times more likely to be obese

In Grenada, 21.3% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Samoa, that number is 47.3% of people as of 2016.

Economy

be 59.4% less likely to be unemployed

In Grenada, 24.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Samoa, that number is 9.8% as of 2023.

be 12.4% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Grenada, 25.0% live below the poverty line as of 2018. In Samoa, however, that number is 21.9% as of 2018.

make 62.3% less money

Grenada has a GDP per capita of $15,900 as of 2023, while in Samoa, the GDP per capita is $6,000 as of 2023.

Life

have 41.4% more children

In Grenada, there are approximately 13.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Samoa, there are 18.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

be 2.8 times more likely to die during childbirth

In Grenada, approximately 21.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Samoa, 59.0 women do as of 2020.

be 80.9% more likely to die during infancy

In Grenada, approximately 9.4 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 33.3% more on education

Grenada spends 3.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Samoa spends 4.8% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

Geography

see 3.3 times more coastline

Grenada has a total of 121 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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