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OceaniaSamoa
Capital Apia · Median age 24
1 mobility routePath to citizenshipMin presence 15 days/yrTropical
The practical read for Americans weighing life in Samoa: what the catalog knows about daily-life signals, costs, residency routes, and source freshness — with honest gaps where we have not sourced it yet.
Practical snapshot
Cost of livingUnknown—
HealthcareUnknown—
SafetyUnknown—
Climate resilienceUnknown—
1 mobility route
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Samoa in eight lenses
Every lens is a live, normalized signal (0–100, higher is better). Absent indicators show as Unknown — never guessed.
Cost & taxes
80 · StrongCost of livingUnknown—
Tax burden80
Healthcare
UnknownHealthcareUnknown—
Safety & crime
UnknownSafetyUnknown—
Low crimeUnknown—
Climate
UnknownClimate resilienceUnknown—
Language & integration
UnknownEnglish proficiencyUnknown—
Migrant acceptanceUnknown—
Freedom & rights
64 · MixedRule of lawUnknown—
Political stability91
Low corruptionUnknown—
Personal freedomUnknown—
Freedom of speech84
Property rights76
LGBTQ+ acceptance21
Reproductive rights50
Economy & work
72 · StrongEconomic freedomUnknown—
CompetitivenessUnknown—
InnovationUnknown—
Startup ecosystemUnknown—
Job marketUnknown—
ProsperityUnknown—
Ease of doing business72
Quality of life
UnknownLiveabilityUnknown—
HappinessUnknown—
Life satisfactionUnknown—
Work–life balanceUnknown—
Internet speedUnknown—
EducationUnknown—
Low trafficUnknown—
Fit summary
Where this country is strong, and where to look closer
Strengths
- Political stability91
- Freedom of speech84
- Tax burden80
- Property rights76
Look closer
- LGBTQ+ acceptance21
Country facts
The structured record
Facts imported for this country. Blank fields render as Unknown.
- Average Bedtime
- 1899-12-30
- Average Time In Bed
- 405 minutes
- Average Time In Bed Hours
- 6 hours 45 minutes
- Average Wakeup Time
- 1899-12-30
- Avg Precipitation
- 2880 mm
- Avg Temperature
- 26.5°C (79.7°F)
- Beer Consumption
- 57.7 liters_per_capita_year
- Best Time To Travel
- May-October
- Books Read Per Year
- 11
- Borders
- None (island nation)
- Citizenship By Birth
- Yes
- Citizenship By Descent
- Yes
- Citizenship By Marriage
- 5 years
- Climate
- Tropical marine climate with a rainy season (November to April) and a dry season (May to October)
- Climate Category
- Hot & Humid
- Coffee Consumption
- 2.69 liters_per_capita_year
- Consulate Locations In The Us
- No consulates in the U.S. (only embassy in Washington D.C.)
- Country Code
- +685
- Country Intro Blurb
- The world's largest country spanning eleven time zones, Russia is where vodka flows as freely as its literature and history!
- Country Motto
- Fa'avae i le Atua Samoa (Samoa is founded on God)
- Crypto Currency Status
- Legal to use/Undefined
- Currency
- Samoan Tālā (WST)
- Date Format
- DMY
- Distance From New York City
- 12250 km
- Driving Side
- Right-hand traffic
- Dual Citizenship
- No
- Economy
- Agriculture, tourism, fishing
- Famous Dance
- Hopak
- Famous Festival
- Maslenitsa
- Famous Music
- Balalaika folk music
- Fertility Rate
- 3.83
- Funny Fact
- Has a tradition of throwing buckets of water out of windows to mark the beginning of summer
- Gambling Legislation
- Regulated
- Haiku
- Birch forests sway / Saint Basil's domes color sky / Winter's long embrace
- Handgun Legislation
- Restricted
- Humidity
- 80
- Hype Video
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JvGwCZTn_E
- Independence Day
- 1962-01-01
- Interesting Fact
- Home to Lake Baikal, the world's oldest and deepest lake containing 20% of the world's unfrozen freshwater
- Interesting Tradition
- Holds ice swimming rituals during Russian Orthodox Epiphany where believers plunge into ice holes
- Language
- Samoan, English
- Life Expectancy
- 71,7
- Mandatory Military Service
- Yes
- Medical Cannabis Legislation
- Illegal
- Migration Rate
- -12.7 per_1000_population
- Most Popular Pet
- Cats
- National Animal
- Eurasian brown bear
- National Anthem
- O le Fu'a o le Sa'olotoga o Samoa
- National Anthem Audio
- https://nationalanthems.info/ws.mp3
- National Dish
- Borscht
- National Pastime Or Sport
- Ice hockey
- Nobel Prizes
- 30
- Number Of Americans Living In Country
- 297
- Number Of Migrants
- -2.5 thousands
- Obesity Rate
- 0.473
- Passport Validity
- 10 years
- Percentage Of Vegetarian
- 0.01
- Population
- 202506
- Quintessential Souvenir
- Matryoshka doll
- Quirky Tradition
- Celebrates Maslenitsa (Butter Week) by burning effigies of winter and eating mountains of blini (pancakes)
- Rainless Days Per Year
- 190
- Representative Novel
- Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky (Classic novel exploring moral dilemmas in 19th century Russia)
- Reproduction Rate
- 1.58
- Residency For Naturalization
- 5
- Same Sex Marriage Legislation
- No Recognition
- Spicy Food Consumption
- 38
- Strangest Law Still On The Books
- Illegal to tell children about homosexuality
- Tallest Building
- Lakhta Center (462 mt)
- Tea Consumption
- 0.893 liters_per_capita_year
- Time Zone
- GMT+13
- Tobacco Use Female
- 0.156
- Tobacco Use Male
- 0.427
- Total World Heritage Sites
- 1
- Us Emigrants 1990
- 426
- Us Emigrants 1995
- 473
- Us Emigrants 2000
- 528
- Us Emigrants 2005
- 582
- Us Emigrants 2010
- 675
- Us Emigrants 2015
- 743
- Us Emigrants 2020
- 837
- Visitors Per Year
- 1 millions
- Voting Status
- Universal
- Weirdest Local Superstition
- Sitting at the corner of a table brings lifelong bachelorhood
- Wine Consumption
- 6.54 liters_per_capita_year
Daily life & the American lens
What Tuesday actually feels like
Lived-experience narrative, English-comfort layers, and community voices.
Not yet sourced
Daily-life rhythm, the American-lens friction points, and community voices for Samoa come from verified field research and practitioner communities. That editorial layer is not committed to the Product Engine catalog yet, so we are not inventing it here.
Sources & freshness
Where this page comes from
Real provenance for the live figures above: named sources, verification status, and recent regulatory changes.
Verified data points
0Stale
0Unverified
95| Source | Confidence | Status | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| Center for Reproductive Rights | — | unverified | — |
| CitizensOS Destination Facts — Country DB (Primary workbook) | — | unverified | — |
| Equaldex | — | unverified | — |
| Freedom House | — | unverified | — |
| Heritage Foundation | — | unverified | — |
| World Bank | — | unverified | — |
| World Population Review | — | unverified | — |
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