Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Samoa instead of Virgin Islands, you would:

Health

live 5.1 years less

In Virgin Islands, the average life expectancy is 80 years (77 years for men, 84 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 21.9% less likely to be unemployed

In Virgin Islands, 12.9% of adults are unemployed as of 2022. In Samoa, that number is 10.0% as of 2022.

be 24.2% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Virgin Islands, 28.9% live below the poverty line as of 2002. In Samoa, however, that number is 21.9% as of 2018.

make 85.9% less money

Virgin Islands has a GDP per capita of $37,000 as of 2016, while in Samoa, the GDP per capita is $5,200 as of 2022.

Life

have 69.4% more children

In Virgin Islands, there are approximately 11.1 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 infancy

In Virgin Islands, approximately 7.7 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 20.4% more likely to have internet access

In Virgin Islands, approximately 64.8% of the population has internet access as of 2022. In Samoa, about 78.0% do as of 2021.

Geography

see 2.1 times more coastline

Virgin Islands has a total of 188 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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