Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 1.7 years less

In Macedonia, the average life expectancy is 77 years (75 years for men, 79 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 2.1 times more likely to be obese

In Macedonia, 22.4% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Samoa, that number is 47.3% of people as of 2016.

Economy

be 25.5% less likely to be unemployed

In Macedonia, 13.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Samoa, that number is 9.8% as of 2023.

make 74.4% less money

Macedonia has a GDP per capita of $23,400 as of 2023, while in Samoa, the GDP per capita is $6,000 as of 2023.

pay a 2.7 times higher top tax rate

Macedonia has a top tax rate of 10.0% as of 2016. In Samoa, the top tax rate is 27.0% as of 2016.

Life

have 84.3% more children

In Macedonia, there are approximately 10.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Samoa, there are 18.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

be 19.7 times more likely to die during childbirth

In Macedonia, approximately 3.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Samoa, 59.0 women do as of 2020.

be 2.3 times more likely to die during infancy

In Macedonia, approximately 7.3 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 32.9% less on healthcare

Macedonia spends 7.9% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Samoa, that number is 5.3% of GDP as of 2020.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Public Revenue Office, 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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