{{short description|none}} Expenditure on health in Samoa was 7.2% of GDP in 2014, US$418 per capita.
Life expectancy at birth was estimated at 72 years for men in 2016 and 78 for women.<ref>{{cite news |title=Samoa |url=https://www.who.int/countries/wsm/en/ |accessdate=24 November 2018 |publisher=WHO |date=2018}}</ref> thumb|330x330px|Prevalence of obesity in the adult population, top countries (2016), Samoa has the sixth highest rate in the world. The Human Rights Measurement Initiative<ref>{{Cite web |title=Human Rights Measurement Initiative – The first global initiative to track the human rights performance of countries |url=https://humanrightsmeasurement.org/ |access-date=2022-03-26 |website=humanrightsmeasurement.org}}</ref> finds that Samoa is fulfilling 75.5% of what it should be fulfilling for the right to health based on its level of income.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Samoa - HRMI Rights Tracker |url=https://rightstracker.org/ |access-date=2022-03-26 |website=rightstracker.org |language=en |archive-date=2022-03-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220324233849/https://rightstracker.org/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> When looking at the right to health with respect to children, Samoa achieves 98.7% of what is expected based on its current income.<ref name=":0" /> In regards to the right to health amongst the adult population, the country achieves 95.4% of what is expected based on the nation's level of income.<ref name=":0" /> Samoa falls into the "very bad" category when evaluating the right to reproductive health because the nation is fulfilling only 32.4% of what the nation is expected to achieve based on the resources (income) it has available.<ref name=":0" />
==Healthcare== There is a National Health Service. The main hospital, the Tupua Tamasese Meaole Hospital, is located at Motootua. It has 200 beds. Tertiary care is mainly provided through arrangement with the New Zealand health care system.<ref>{{cite news |title=Health systems in Samoa |url=http://www.commonwealthhealth.org/pacific/samoa/health_systems_in_samoa/ |accessdate=24 November 2018 |publisher=Commonwealth Health |date=2018}}</ref>
The Malietoa Tanumafili II Hospital is at Tuasivi.<ref>{{cite news |title=TUPUA TAMASESE MEAOLE HOSPITAL APIA, SAMOA |url=https://www.electives.net/hospital/4010/preview |accessdate=24 November 2018 |publisher=Electives.net |date=2018 |archive-date=2 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502045522/https://www.electives.net/hospital/4010/preview |url-status=dead }}</ref> There are district hospitals in Sataua, Safotu, Foailalo, Leulumoega, Lalomanu and Poutasi.<ref>{{cite news |title=WELCOME TO "SAMOA NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE" |url=https://www.nhs.gov.ws |accessdate=24 November 2018 |publisher=Samoa National Health Service |date=2018}}</ref>
==Health issues== The obesity rate is one of the highest in the world.
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