Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

be 83.3% more likely to be obese

In Iran, 25.8% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Samoa, that number is 47.3% of people as of 2016.

Economy

make 63.0% less money

Iran has a GDP per capita of $16,200 as of 2023, while in Samoa, the GDP per capita is $6,000 as of 2023.

be 17.1% more likely to live below the poverty line

In Iran, 18.7% live below the poverty line as of 2007. In Samoa, however, that number is 21.9% as of 2018.

Life

be 11.7% more likely to be literate

In Iran, the literacy rate is 88.7% as of 2021. In Samoa, it is 99.1% as of 2021.

have 31.5% more children

In Iran, there are approximately 14.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Samoa, there are 18.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

be 2.7 times more likely to die during childbirth

In Iran, approximately 22.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Samoa, 59.0 women do as of 2020.

be 14.6% more likely to die during infancy

In Iran, approximately 14.8 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

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

Geography

see 83.5% less coastline

Iran has a total of 2,440 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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