Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 7.4 years less

In Jersey, the average life expectancy is 83 years (80 years for men, 85 years for women) as of 2022. In Samoa, that number is 75 years (72 years for men, 78 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

make 89.4% less money

Jersey has a GDP per capita of $56,600 as of 2016, while in Samoa, the GDP per capita is $6,000 as of 2023.

be 63.0% more likely to be unemployed

In Jersey, 6.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Samoa, that number is 9.8% as of 2023.

Life

have 54.1% more children

In Jersey, there are approximately 12.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Samoa, there are 18.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

be 4.4 times more likely to die during infancy

In Jersey, approximately 3.9 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 16.1% less likely to have internet access

In Jersey, approximately 93.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Samoa, about 78.0% do as of 2021.

Geography

see 5.8 times more coastline

Jersey has a total of 70 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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