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

Health

live 8.0 years less

In Malta, the average life expectancy is 83 years (81 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.

be 63.7% more likely to be obese

In Malta, 28.9% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Samoa, that number is 47.3% of people as of 2016.

Economy

pay a 22.9% lower top tax rate

Malta has a top tax rate of 35.0% as of 2016. In Samoa, the top tax rate is 27.0% as of 2016.

make 89.5% less money

Malta has a GDP per capita of $57,200 as of 2023, while in Samoa, the GDP per capita is $6,000 as of 2023.

be 3.1 times more likely to be unemployed

In Malta, 3.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Samoa, that number is 9.8% as of 2023.

be 31.1% more likely to live below the poverty line

In Malta, 16.7% live below the poverty line as of 2021. In Samoa, however, that number is 21.9% as of 2018.

Life

have 100.0% more children

In Malta, there are approximately 9.4 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 Malta, approximately 3.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Samoa, 59.0 women do as of 2020.

be 3.8 times more likely to die during infancy

In Malta, approximately 4.5 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 10.3% less likely to have internet access

In Malta, approximately 87.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Samoa, about 78.0% do as of 2021.

Expenditures

spend 18.6% less on education

Malta spends 5.9% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Samoa spends 4.8% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

spend 50.9% less on healthcare

Malta spends 10.8% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Samoa, that number is 5.3% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 2.0 times more coastline

Malta has a total of 197 km of coastline. In Samoa, that number is 403 km.


The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Government of Malta - Inland Revenue, 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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