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

Health

live 2.8 years longer

In Moldova, the average life expectancy is 72 years (69 years for men, 77 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 2.5 times more likely to be obese

In Moldova, 18.9% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Samoa, that number is 47.3% of people as of 2016.

Economy

be 29.6% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Moldova, 31.1% live below the poverty line as of 2022. In Samoa, however, that number is 21.9% as of 2018.

make 61.8% less money

Moldova has a GDP per capita of $15,700 as of 2023, while in Samoa, the GDP per capita is $6,000 as of 2023.

be 6.0 times more likely to be unemployed

In Moldova, 1.6% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Samoa, that number is 9.8% as of 2023.

pay a 50.0% higher top tax rate

Moldova has a top tax rate of 18.0% as of 2016. In Samoa, the top tax rate is 27.0% as of 2016.

Life

have 2.2 times more children

In Moldova, there are approximately 8.4 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Samoa, there are 18.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

be 4.9 times more likely to die during childbirth

In Moldova, approximately 12.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Samoa, 59.0 women do as of 2020.

be 46.6% more likely to die during infancy

In Moldova, approximately 11.6 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 25.0% less on education

Moldova spends 6.4% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Samoa spends 4.8% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

spend 22.1% less on healthcare

Moldova spends 6.8% 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, State tax Service, 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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