Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Samoa instead of Western Sahara, you would:

Health

live 10.7 years longer

In Western Sahara, the average life expectancy is 64 years (62 years for men, 67 years for women) as of 2020. In Samoa, that number is 75 years (72 years for men, 78 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

make 2.4 times more money

Western Sahara has a GDP per capita of $2,500 as of 2007, while in Samoa, the GDP per capita is $6,000 as of 2023.

Life

be 64.5% less likely to die during infancy

In Western Sahara, approximately 47.9 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2020. In Samoa, on the other hand, 17.0 children do as of 2020.

have 32.9% fewer children

In Western Sahara, there are approximately 28.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2020. In Samoa, there are 18.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Geography

see 63.7% less coastline

Western Sahara has a total of 1,110 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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