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

Health

live 2.6 years less

In Montenegro, the average life expectancy is 78 years (75 years for men, 80 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 2.0 times more likely to be obese

In Montenegro, 23.3% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Samoa, that number is 47.3% of people as of 2016.

Economy

be 36.1% less likely to be unemployed

In Montenegro, 15.2% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Samoa, that number is 9.8% as of 2023.

make 78.4% less money

Montenegro has a GDP per capita of $27,800 as of 2023, while in Samoa, the GDP per capita is $6,000 as of 2023.

pay a 3.0 times higher top tax rate

Montenegro has a top tax rate of 9.0% as of 2016. In Samoa, the top tax rate is 27.0% as of 2016.

Life

have 72.5% more children

In Montenegro, there are approximately 10.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Samoa, there are 18.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

be 9.8 times more likely to die during childbirth

In Montenegro, approximately 6.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Samoa, 59.0 women do as of 2020.

be 5.2 times more likely to die during infancy

In Montenegro, approximately 3.2 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 53.5% less on healthcare

Montenegro spends 11.4% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Samoa, that number is 5.3% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 37.3% more coastline

Montenegro has a total of 294 km of coastline. In Samoa, that number is 403 km.


The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Department of Public Revenues, Montenegro, 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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