International Rankings of Samoa 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Samoa, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of 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	147	1	2017
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	185	1692	0
Internet users - percent of population	162	33.61 %	2018
Internet users - total	185	67662	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	151	4.33	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	189	8770	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	181	63.58	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	185	128776	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	198	276.800 million US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	201	237.300 million US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	73	4.7 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	66	58.6	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	78	62.1	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	28	92.6	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	121	57.8	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	202	841.000 million US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	123	27.2 % of GDP	2015
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	134	N/A % of GDP	0
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	185	N/A % of GDP	0
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	108	50.5 % of GDP	2015
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	142	N/A % of GDP	0
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	74	N/A % of GDP	0
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	76	10.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	98	23.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	70	66 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	111	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
Industrial production growth rate	91	1.8 %	2017
Labor force	186	50700 US Dollars	2016
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	24	65 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	118	6 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	142	29 %	2015
Population below poverty line	88	20.3	2013
Public debt	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	191	1.285 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	133	6521 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	80	28.2 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	186	341100	2017
Crude oil - exports	82	0	2015
Crude oil - imports	84	0	2015
Crude oil - production	89	0	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	90	0	2018
Electricity - consumption	193	122.800 million kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	50	48	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	48	23	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	13	29	2017
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	190	45000 kWh	2016
Electricity - production	187	132.000 million	2016
Natural gas - consumption	108	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	56	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	79	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	92	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	94	0	2014
Refined petroleum products - consumption	151	2400	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	124	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	181	2363 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	110	0 bbl/day	2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	167	0.25 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	165	0.27 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	160	10.56 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	157	12.4	2018
Land use - arable land	133	2.8	2018
Land use - forest	28	60.4	2018
Land use - other	89	27.2	2018
Land use - permanent crops	37	7.8	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	148	1.8	2018
Revenue from coal	31	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	72	0.27 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	179	0	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	171	N/A cubic meters	2021
Total water withdrawal - industrial	162	N/A cubic meters	2021
Total water withdrawal - municipal	174	N/A cubic meters	2021
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	164	0.03	2025
Urbanization - urban population	177	17.7	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	118	27399 tons	2011
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	110	9864 tons	2013
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	13	36 %	2013
Geography
Area - land	175	2821 sq km	0
Area - total	174	2831 sq km	0
Area - water	134	10177 sq km	0
Coastline	110	403 km	0
Elevation - highest point	100	1857 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	34	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	150	N/A meters	2021
Irrigated land	147	0 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	156	N/A km	2021
Land use - agricultural land	157	12.4	2018
Land use - arable land	133	2.8	2018
Land use - forest	28	60.4	2018
Land use - other	89	27.2	2018
Land use - permanent crops	37	7.8	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	148	1.8	2018
Total renewable water resources	178	0	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	43	19.61 %	9439
Age structure - 25-54 years	145	37.4 %	7200
Age structure - 55-64 years	128	7.5 %	7505
Birth rate	70	19.32 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	121	16.6 %	1920
Current Health Expenditure	58	5.2 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	160	5.36 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	92	8.8 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	63	11.4 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	37	73.3 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	41	64.5 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	90	3.2 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	82	2.6 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	70	0 % of population	0
Education expenditures	37	4.2 % of GDP	2016
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	38	N/A	0
HIV/AIDS - deaths	44	N/A	0
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	108	N/A	0
Hospital bed density	69	N/A beds/1,000 population	2021
Infant mortality rate - female	90	15.07 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	85	22.25 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	89	18.75 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	101	77.98 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	109	72.01 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	112	74.92 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	85	43	2017
Median age - female	113	26 years	2020
Median age - male	105	25.3 years	0
Median age - total	109	25.6 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	47	23.6	2009
Net migration rate	172	7.82 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	8	47.3 %	2016
Physicians density	130	0.35 physicians/1,000 population	2016
Population	179	204898	2021
Population growth rate	114	0.61 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	15	98.5 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	110	1.9 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	100	1.8 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	93	1.5 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	17	N/A years	2021
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	15	N/A years	2021
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	17	N/A years	2021
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	8	1.07 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	18	1.06	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	20	1.05	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	18	1.04	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	33	0.78 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	13	1.04 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	62	2.46 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	17	43.4	2017
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	33	24.6	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	24	31.9	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	165	0.03	2025
Urbanization - urban population	177	17.7	2021
Transportation
Airports	118	4	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	44	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	39	1	0
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	44	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	27	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - total	77	1	2019
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	30	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	58	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	93	3	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	64	3	2013
Heliports	26	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	136	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	137	137770	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	98	4	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2020
Railways - total	131	N/A km	2021
Roadways - paved	161	N/A km	2021
Roadways - total	168	N/A km	2021
Waterways	95	N/A km	2021

*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 Samoa on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Samoa 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Samoa 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.