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

Health

live 0.8 years less

In Jordan, the average life expectancy is 76 years (75 years for men, 78 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 33.2% more likely to be obese

In Jordan, 35.5% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Samoa, that number is 47.3% of people as of 2016.

Economy

be 45.7% less likely to be unemployed

In Jordan, 17.9% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Samoa, that number is 9.8% as of 2023.

make 36.2% less money

Jordan has a GDP per capita of $9,400 as of 2023, while in Samoa, the GDP per capita is $6,000 as of 2023.

be 39.5% more likely to live below the poverty line

In Jordan, 15.7% live below the poverty line as of 2018. In Samoa, however, that number is 21.9% as of 2018.

pay a 35.0% higher top tax rate

Jordan has a top tax rate of 20.0% as of 2016. In Samoa, the top tax rate is 27.0% as of 2016.

Life

be 43.9% more likely to die during childbirth

In Jordan, approximately 41.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Samoa, 59.0 women do as of 2020.

be 22.3% more likely to die during infancy

In Jordan, approximately 13.9 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.

have 15.3% fewer children

In Jordan, there are approximately 22.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Samoa, there are 18.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Expenditures

spend 29.3% less on healthcare

Jordan spends 7.5% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Samoa, that number is 5.3% of GDP as of 2020.

spend 50.0% more on education

Jordan spends 3.2% of its total GDP on education as of 2021. Samoa spends 4.8% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

Geography

see 15.5 times more coastline

Jordan has a total of 26 km of coastline. In Samoa, that number is 403 km.


The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: Jordan Tax Service, The World Factbook, Ministry of Revenue, Samoa.

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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