Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Samoa fits inside Italy 106 times
Italy: 302,070 km² (2024) · Samoa: 2,840 km² (2024)
How much coast is there?
Italy’s coastline is 19 times as long as Samoa’s
Italy: 7,600 km (2026 edition) · Samoa: 403 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Italy’s highest peak towers 2,891 m above Samoa’s
Italy: 4,748 m (2026 edition) · Samoa: 1,857 m (2026 edition)
How much of the land is farmed?
Farmland covers 44% of Italy, versus 18% of Samoa
Italy: 43.6% (2024) · Samoa: 17.8% (2024)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Italy has 269 times as many people as Samoa
Italy: 58.9 million (2025) · Samoa: 219,306 (2025)
How crowded is it?
Italy is 2.5 times as densely populated as Samoa
Italy: 199 per km² (2025) · Samoa: 79 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Italy and Samoa are practically level
Italy: 174.4 cm (2019) · Samoa: 174.4 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in Samoa are 2.0 cm taller than in Italy
Italy: 161.8 cm (2019) · Samoa: 163.8 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Italy is 28 years older than in Samoa
Italy: 47.5 years (2023) · Samoa: 19.9 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Samoa have 2.6 more children on average than in Italy
Italy: 1.18 children per woman (2024) · Samoa: 3.8 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
25% of people in Italy are 65 or older, versus 6.1% in Samoa
Italy: 25.1% (2025) · Samoa: 6.1% (2025)
How many refugees does it host?
Italy: 3.3 per 1,000 (2025) · Samoa: no data
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Italy: 3.4 (2026) · Samoa: no data
How many official languages?
Samoa has 2 official languages, Italy 1
Italy: 1 (2026) · Samoa: 2 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Italy’s economy is 1,981 times the size of Samoa’s
Italy: $2.55 trillion (2025) · Samoa: $1.29 billion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Italy produces 6.7 times as much per person as Samoa
Italy: Int$62,803 (2025) · Samoa: Int$9,319 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Italy: 34.3 (2023) · Samoa: no data
How many live on less than $3 a day?
Italy: 0.9% (2023) · Samoa: no data
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 6.4% in Italy, versus 5.0% in Samoa
Italy: 6.4% (2025) · Samoa: 5% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Italy: 1.9% (2025) · Samoa: no data
How much does the central government collect in tax?
Italy’s central government collects 26% of GDP in tax, Samoa’s 24%
Italy: 25.6% (2024) · Samoa: 24% (2023)
How expensive is it?
Italy’s price level (US = 100) is 1.1× Samoa’s
Italy: 69% (2025) · Samoa: 63% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Italy spends 12 times as much on health per person as Samoa
Italy: $3,398 (2024) · Samoa: $293 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in Italy live 12 years longer than in Samoa
Italy: 84 years (2024) · Samoa: 71.8 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Samoa is 5.3 times as likely to die before turning one as in Italy
Italy: 2.3 per 1,000 (2024) · Samoa: 12.3 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Italy has 7.5 times as many doctors per person as Samoa
Italy: 4.2 per 1,000 (2022) · Samoa: 0.6 per 1,000 (2021)
How many hospital beds are there?
Italy: 3.1 per 1,000 (2022) · Samoa: no data
How common is suicide?
The suicide rate in Samoa is 2.1 times that in Italy
Italy: 5.7 per 100k (2023) · Samoa: 12.1 per 100k (2023)
How common is obesity?
63% of adults in Samoa are obese, versus 18% in Italy
Italy: 17.9% (2024) · Samoa: 63.2% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
23% of adults in Samoa smoke, versus 22% in Italy
Italy: 22.4% (2024) · Samoa: 23.1% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
Italy: 6.57 (2025) · Samoa: no data
How much do people drink?
Adults in Italy drink 2.9 times as much alcohol as in Samoa
Italy: 8.4 litres (2023) · Samoa: 2.9 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Samoa has 53% more meat per person than Italy
Italy: 71.2 kg (2023) · Samoa: 109 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Italy has 636 kcal more food per person per day than Samoa
Italy: 3,753 kcal (2023) · Samoa: 3,116 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Italy: 1,701 hours (2023) · Samoa: no data
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Samoa went to school 0.5 years longer than in Italy
Italy: 10.8 years (2023) · Samoa: 11.3 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Italy welcomed 4.3 times as many tourists per resident as Samoa (2019)
Italy: 0.98 (2024) · Samoa: 0.23 (2022)
How many World Heritage sites?
Italy has 62 more World Heritage sites than Samoa (62 against 0)
Italy: 62 (2026) · Samoa: 0 (2026)
How many Olympic medals has it won?
Italy has won 829 Olympic medals, Samoa 1
Italy: 829 (2026 edition) · Samoa: 1 (2026 edition)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
89% of people in Italy are online, versus 21% in Samoa
Italy: 89% (2024) · Samoa: 21% (2014)
How fast is home internet?
Italy: 274 Mbps (2026) · Samoa: no data
Who has electricity at home?
Italy and Samoa are practically level
Italy: 100% (2024) · Samoa: 100% (2024)
How many live in cities?
70% of people in Italy live in cities, versus 18% in Samoa
Italy: 70% (2025) · Samoa: 18% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Italy has 133 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Samoa 62
Italy: 133 (2024) · Samoa: 62 (2022)
How much railway is there?
Italy: 17,305 km (2021) · Samoa: no data
How much do they fly?
Airlines from Italy fly 79% more passengers per resident than those from Samoa
Italy: 0.34 (2023) · Samoa: 0.19 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 58% of Samoa, but only 32% of Italy
Italy: 31.8% (2024) · Samoa: 57.6% (2024)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Italy emits 4.5 times as much CO₂ as someone in Samoa
Italy: 5.1 t (2024) · Samoa: 1.1 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
49% of Italy’s electricity is renewable, versus 44% in Samoa
Italy: 48.8% (2025) · Samoa: 43.8% (2024)
How clean is the air?
The air in Italy carries 3.7 times as much fine dust as in Samoa
Italy: 15.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Samoa: 4.1 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
You are 11 times as likely to be murdered in Samoa as in Italy
Italy: 0.6 per 100k (2023) · Samoa: 6.3 per 100k (2018)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Samoa are 51% deadlier than in Italy
Italy: 8.5 per 100k (2023) · Samoa: 12.8 per 100k (2023)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Samoa is on average 11.6 °C warmer than Italy
Italy: 13.9°C (2016–2025 avg) · Samoa: 25.5°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Samoa gets 2.9 times as much rain as Italy
Italy: 1,030 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Samoa: 3,005 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Between them
People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other
Quick answers
Is Italy bigger than Samoa?
Italy is larger. Samoa fits inside Italy 106 times.
Which has more people, Italy or Samoa?
Italy has 269 times as many people as Samoa (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Italy or Samoa?
People in Italy live 12 years longer than in Samoa. Life expectancy at birth is 84.0 years in Italy and 71.8 in Samoa.
Are people taller in Italy or Samoa?
Italy and Samoa are practically level (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
