Life expectancy
71.8 · 2024
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Samoa
$5,393GDP per capita · 2024
Economic events
Crises and shocks, also marked on the chart above.
- 1873–1879Long Depression
- 1918–1920Influenza pandemic
- 1929–1939Great Depression
- 1973–19741973 oil crisis
- 19791979 oil crisis
- 1997–1998Asian financial crisis
- 2000–2002Dot-com crash
- 2008–2009Global financial crisis
- 2010–2012European sovereign-debt crisis
- 2020–2021COVID-19 pandemic
- 2022Global inflation surge
Demographics
Population
218K · 2024
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Population growth
0.6% · 2024
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Urban population
17.5% · 2024
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Environment
CO₂ per capita
1.6 · 2024
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External
Current account balance
5.6% · 2024
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Current account balance (IMF)
5.7% · 2025
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Government
Central government debt
No data
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Government gross debt
21.2% · 2025
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Labour
Unemployment
5.0% · 2025
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Unemployment rate (IMF)
No data
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Output & growth
GDP
$1.2B · 2024
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GDP (IMF)
$1.3B · 2025
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GDP (PPP)
Int’l$ 1.8B · 2025
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GDP growth
4.7% · 2024
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GDP per capita
$5,393 · 2024
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GDP per capita (IMF)
$6,075 · 2025
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GNI per capita
$5,040 · 2024
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Real GDP growth
4.2% · 2025
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Prices
Inflation (CPI)
2.2% · 2024
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Inflation (avg CPI)
1.9% · 2025
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Society
Income inequality (Gini)
38.7 · 2013
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Internet users
21.2% · 2014
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Trade
Exports
30.7% · 2024
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Imports
48.9% · 2024
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Trade
79.5% · 2024
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