International Rankings of American Samoa 2023, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of American Samoa, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of American Samoa, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	65	N/A	2023
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	201	N/A	2023
Internet users - percent of population	79	40.3 %	2021
Internet users - total	211	18135	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	37	22	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	182	10000	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	110	4	2009
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	217	2250	2009
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	59	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Average household expenditures - on food	95	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Budget - expenditures	202	262.500 million US Dollars	2016
Budget - revenues	202	249.000 million US Dollars	2016
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	50	2.1 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	209	N/A US Dollars	2023
Debt - external	206	N/A US Dollars	0
Exports	190	428.000 million US Dollars	2016
GDP (official exchange rate)	211	658.000 million US Dollars	2016
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	36	65 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	6	49.7 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	85	66.4 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	179	93.5 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	140	7.3 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	18	5.1 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	22	27.4 % of GDP	2012
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	156	12.4 % of GDP	2012
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	103	60.2 % of GDP	2012
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	129	N/A %	2023
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	112	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	46	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Imports	198	615.000 million US Dollars	2016
Industrial production growth rate	197	N/A %	0
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	181	0.5 %	2015
Labor force	211	17850 US Dollars	2015
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	149	N/A %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	94	15.5 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	117	46.4 %	2015
Population below poverty line	160	N/A %	0
Public debt	182	12.2 % of GDP	2016
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	211	658.000 million US Dollars	2016
Real GDP growth rate	184	1.87 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	119	11200 US Dollars	2016
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	195	N/A US Dollars	2023
Taxes and other revenues	15	37.8 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	5	29.8 %	2005
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	157	N/A	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	155	N/A	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	159	N/A	2023
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	128	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	124	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	189	355000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	122	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	62	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	112	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	75	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	75	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	188	151.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	98	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - installed generating capacity	191	47000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	186	12.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity access	2	N/A %	2023
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	1	100 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	17	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	132	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	69	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	73	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	65	88.796 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	121	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	57	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	88	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	97	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	92	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	73	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	82	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	89	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	180	2300 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	106	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	128	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	189	2346 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	112	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	184	N/A megatons	2023
Air pollutants - methane emissions	185	N/A megatons	2023
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	189	N/A micrograms per cubic meter	2023
Land use - agricultural land	131	24.5	2018
Land use - arable land	73	15	2018
Land use - forest	9	75.5	2018
Land use - other	186	0	2018
Land use - permanent crops	31	9.5	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	162	0	2018
Revenue from coal	33	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	98	0 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	180	N/A cubic meters	2023
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	146	N/A cubic meters	2023
Total water withdrawal - industrial	109	N/A cubic meters	2023
Total water withdrawal - municipal	115	N/A cubic meters	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	154	0.26	2025
Urbanization - urban population	28	87.2	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2023
Geography
Area - land	216	224 sq km	0
Area - total	217	224 sq km	0
Area - water	226	0 sq km	0
Coastline	153	116 km	0
Elevation - highest point	141	964 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	35	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	152	N/A meters	2023
Irrigated land	160	0 sq km	2022
Land boundaries - total	164	N/A km	2023
Land use - agricultural land	131	24.5	2018
Land use - arable land	73	15	2018
Land use - forest	9	75.5	2018
Land use - other	186	0	2018
Land use - permanent crops	31	9.5	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	162	0	2018
Military
Military expenditures	53	N/A % of GDP	2023
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	153	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2023
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	64	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2023
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	136	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2023
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	169	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2023
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	97	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2023
Birth rate	97	16.18 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	103	N/A %	0
Contraceptive prevalence rate	130	N/A %	0
Current health expenditure	93	N/A % of GDP	0
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	101	53.5 %	2023
Death rate	134	6.19 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	103	10.4 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	72	9.6 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	106	52.3 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	85	41.9 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	66	N/A % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	110	N/A % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	100	0.2 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	65	N/A % of population	0
Education expenditures	74	N/A % of GDP	0
Gross reproduction rate	67	1.04 %	2023
Hospital bed density	71	N/A beds/1,000 population	2023
Infant mortality rate - female	139	7.72 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	128	11.9 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	137	9.87 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	105	78.22 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	104	73.1 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	109	75.58 years	0
Literacy - female	122	N/A %	0
Literacy - male	100	N/A %	0
Literacy - total population	110	N/A %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	122	N/A deaths/100,000 live births	2023
Median age - female	109	27.7 years	2020
Median age - male	103	26.7 years	0
Median age - total	105	27.2 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	86	N/A	2023
Net migration rate	199	27.36 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	145	N/A %	2023
Physicians density	159	N/A physicians/1,000 population	0
Population	212	44620	2023
Population growth rate	176	1.74 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	95	N/A % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	120	N/A % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	111	1 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	95	N/A % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	18	N/A years	2023
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	15	N/A years	2023
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	17	N/A years	2023
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	10	1.06 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	26	0.97 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	25	0.88 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	7	1.06 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	20	0.99 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	114	N/A %	2023
Tobacco use - male	140	N/A %	2023
Tobacco use - total	129	N/A %	2023
Total fertility rate	76	2.13 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	154	0.26	2025
Urbanization - urban population	28	87.2	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	157	N/A	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	155	N/A	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	159	N/A	2023
Transportation
Airports	120	3	2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports	18	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports	1	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports	14	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports	22	N/A	2023
Airports - with unpaved runways	98	N/A	2023
Heliports	26	N/A	2023
Merchant marine - total	144	N/A	2023
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	139	N/A	2023
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	158	N/A	2023
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	102	N/A	2023
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	28	N/A	2023
Railways	33	N/A km	2023
Roadways - paved	168	N/A km	2023
Roadways - total	188	N/A km	2023
Waterways	109	N/A km	2023

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

NOTE: The information regarding American Samoa on this page is re-published from the 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of American Samoa 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about American Samoa 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.