Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

be 63.6% less likely to be obese

In Samoa, 47.3% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Namibia, that number is 17.2% of people as of 2016.

live 8.7 years less

In Samoa, the average life expectancy is 75 years (72 years for men, 78 years for women) as of 2022. In Namibia, that number is 66 years (64 years for men, 69 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

make 91.7% more money

Samoa has a GDP per capita of $6,000 as of 2023, while in Namibia, the GDP per capita is $11,500 as of 2023.

be 20.5% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Samoa, 21.9% live below the poverty line as of 2018. In Namibia, however, that number is 17.4% as of 2015.

be 99.2% more likely to be unemployed

In Samoa, 9.8% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Namibia, that number is 19.4% as of 2023.

pay a 37.0% higher top tax rate

Samoa has a top tax rate of 27.0% as of 2016. In Namibia, the top tax rate is 37.0% as of 2016.

Life

have 29.3% more children

In Samoa, there are approximately 18.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Namibia, there are 24.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

be 3.6 times more likely to die during childbirth

In Samoa, approximately 59.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Namibia, 215.0 women do as of 2020.

be 73.1% more likely to die during infancy

In Samoa, approximately 17.0 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2020. In Namibia, on the other hand, 29.4 children do as of 2022.

Basic Needs

be 42.8% less likely to have access to electricity

In Samoa, approximately 98% of people have electricity access (100% in urban areas, and 98% in rural areas) as of 2022. In Namibia, that number is 56% of people on average (75% in urban areas, and 33% in rural areas) as of 2022.

be 32.1% less likely to have internet access

In Samoa, approximately 78.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Namibia, about 53.0% do as of 2021.

Expenditures

spend 100.0% more on education

Samoa spends 4.8% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Namibia spends 9.6% of total GDP on education as of 2021.

spend 67.9% more on healthcare

Samoa spends 5.3% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Namibia, that number is 8.9% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 3.9 times more coastline

Samoa has a total of 403 km of coastline. In Namibia, that number is 1,572 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Inland Revenue Department, Ministry of Revenue, Samoa.

Namibia: At a glance

Namibia is a sovereign country in Africa, with a total land area of approximately 823,290 sq km. South Africa occupied the German colony of South-West Africa during World War I and administered it as a mandate until after World War II, when it annexed the territory. In 1966 the Marxist South-West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) guerrilla group launched a war of independence for the area that became Namibia, but it was not until 1988 that South Africa agreed to end its administration in accordance with a UN peace plan for the entire region. Namibia has been governed by SWAPO since the country won independence in 1990. Hifikepunye POHAMBA was elected president in November 2004 in a landslide victory replacing Sam NUJOMA who led the country during its first 14 years of self rule. POHAMBA was reelected in November 2009.
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