Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 7.3 years longer

In Nauru, the average life expectancy is 68 years (64 years for men, 72 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 22.5% less likely to be obese

In Nauru, 61.0% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Samoa, that number is 47.3% of people as of 2016.

Economy

be 57.6% less likely to be unemployed

In Nauru, 23.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2011. In Samoa, that number is 9.8% as of 2023.

make 47.4% less money

Nauru has a GDP per capita of $11,400 as of 2023, while in Samoa, the GDP per capita is $6,000 as of 2023.

Life

be 2.2 times more likely to die during infancy

In Nauru, approximately 7.8 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 32.4% less on education

Nauru spends 7.1% of its total GDP on education as of 2021. Samoa spends 4.8% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

spend 55.8% less on healthcare

Nauru spends 12.0% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Samoa, that number is 5.3% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 13.4 times more coastline

Nauru has a total of 30 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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