Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 2.3 years less

In Tonga, the average life expectancy is 78 years (76 years for men, 79 years for women) as of 2022. In Samoa, that number is 75 years (72 years for men, 78 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

be 4.2 times more likely to be unemployed

In Tonga, 2.3% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Samoa, that number is 9.8% as of 2023.

Life

be 53.2% less likely to die during childbirth

In Tonga, approximately 126.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Samoa, 59.0 women do as of 2020.

be 37.0% more likely to die during infancy

In Tonga, approximately 12.4 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 16.4% more likely to have internet access

In Tonga, approximately 67.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Samoa, about 78.0% do as of 2021.

Expenditures

spend 27.3% less on education

Tonga spends 6.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2021. Samoa spends 4.8% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

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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