Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Economy

make 82.4% less money

Montserrat has a GDP per capita of $34,000 as of 2011, while in Samoa, the GDP per capita is $6,000 as of 2023.

be 74.1% more likely to be unemployed

In Montserrat, 5.6% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Samoa, that number is 9.8% as of 2023.

Life

have 58.0% more children

In Montserrat, there are approximately 11.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Samoa, there are 18.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

be 64.1% more likely to die during infancy

In Montserrat, approximately 10.4 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 38.8% more likely to have internet access

In Montserrat, approximately 56.2% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Samoa, about 78.0% do as of 2021.

Expenditures

spend 11.1% less on education

Montserrat spends 5.4% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Samoa spends 4.8% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

Geography

see 10.1 times more coastline

Montserrat has a total of 40 km of coastline. In Samoa, that number is 403 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.

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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