Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Samoa instead of Trinidad and Tobago, you would:

Health

be 2.5 times more likely to be obese

In Trinidad and Tobago, 18.6% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Samoa, that number is 47.3% of people as of 2016.

Economy

make 78.9% less money

Trinidad and Tobago has a GDP per capita of $28,500 as of 2023, while in Samoa, the GDP per capita is $6,000 as of 2023.

be 2.3 times more likely to be unemployed

In Trinidad and Tobago, 4.2% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Samoa, that number is 9.8% as of 2023.

Life

have 79.0% more children

In Trinidad and Tobago, there are approximately 10.5 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Samoa, there are 18.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

be 2.2 times more likely to die during childbirth

In Trinidad and Tobago, approximately 27.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Samoa, 59.0 women do as of 2020.

Expenditures

spend 27.4% less on healthcare

Trinidad and Tobago spends 7.3% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Samoa, that number is 5.3% of GDP as of 2020.

spend 17.1% more on education

Trinidad and Tobago spends 4.1% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Samoa spends 4.8% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

Geography

see 11.3% more coastline

Trinidad and Tobago has a total of 362 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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