Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

be 2.2 times more likely to be obese

In Honduras, 21.4% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Samoa, that number is 47.3% of people as of 2016.

Economy

be 54.4% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Honduras, 48.0% live below the poverty line as of 2019. In Samoa, however, that number is 21.9% as of 2018.

be 60.9% more likely to be unemployed

In Honduras, 6.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Samoa, that number is 9.8% as of 2023.

Life

be 18.1% less likely to die during childbirth

In Honduras, approximately 72.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Samoa, 59.0 women do as of 2020.

be 12.0% more likely to be literate

In Honduras, the literacy rate is 88.5% as of 2019. In Samoa, it is 99.1% as of 2021.

be 12.7% more likely to die during infancy

In Honduras, approximately 15.1 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.

Basic Needs

be 62.5% more likely to have internet access

In Honduras, approximately 48.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Samoa, about 78.0% do as of 2021.

Expenditures

spend 25.0% less on education

Honduras spends 6.4% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Samoa spends 4.8% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

spend 41.1% less on healthcare

Honduras spends 9.0% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Samoa, that number is 5.3% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 51.0% less coastline

Honduras has a total of 823 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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