International Rankings of Samoa 2022, 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	52	1	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	183	1692	2020
Internet users - percent of population	63	34 %	2019
Internet users - total	178	67012	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	52	3	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	178	6000	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	129	35	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	186	69000	2020
Economy
Budget - expenditures	191	276.800 million US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	193	237.300 million US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	69	4.7 % of GDP	0
Exports	56	310.000 million US Dollars	2018
GDP (official exchange rate)	195	841.000 million US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	119	27.2 % of GDP	2015
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	129	N/A % of GDP	0
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	180	N/A % of GDP	0
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	104	50.5 % of GDP	2015
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	137	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	74	10.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	93	23.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	66	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	90	1.8 %	2017
Labor force	180	50700 US Dollars	2016
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	22	65 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	114	6 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	133	29 %	2015
Population below poverty line	85	20.3	2013
Public debt	58	N/A % of GDP	2022
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	184	1.250 billion US Dollars	2020
Real GDP per capita	108	6300 US Dollars	2020
Taxes and other revenues	76	28.2 % of GDP	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	35	30	2017
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	74	13.3	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	53	19.6	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	123	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	122	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	179	355000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	117	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	58	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	108	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	72	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	71	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	184	120.130 million kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - imports	113	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - installed generating capacity	180	50000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	176	15.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	64	72.7 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	16	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	64	27.2 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	66	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	5	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	69	0.1 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	120	27.111 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	119	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	55	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	86	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	94	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	90	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	70	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	80	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	87	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	170	2500 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	101	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	122	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	175	2363 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	108	0 bbl/day	2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	164	0.25 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	161	0.27 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	157	10.56 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	152	12.4	2018
Land use - arable land	126	2.8	2018
Land use - forest	26	60.4	2018
Land use - other	84	27.2	2018
Land use - permanent crops	35	7.8	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	140	1.8	2018
Revenue from coal	29	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	71	0.27 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	175	0 cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	167	N/A cubic meters	2022
Total water withdrawal - industrial	159	N/A cubic meters	2022
Total water withdrawal - municipal	170	N/A cubic meters	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	156	0.03	2025
Urbanization - urban population	170	17.5	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	115	27399 tons	2011
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	107	9864 tons	2013
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	12	36 %	2013
Geography
Area - land	165	2821 sq km	0
Area - total	165	2831 sq km	0
Area - water	131	10177 sq km	0
Coastline	103	403 km	0
Elevation - highest point	99	1857 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	32	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	147	N/A meters	2022
Irrigated land	152	0 sq km	2022
Land boundaries - total	151	N/A km	2022
Land use - agricultural land	152	12.4	2018
Land use - arable land	126	2.8	2018
Land use - forest	26	60.4	2018
Land use - other	84	27.2	2018
Land use - permanent crops	35	7.8	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	140	1.8	2018
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	42	19.61	9439
Age structure - 25-54 years	136	37.4	7200
Age structure - 55-64 years	119	7.5	7505
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	74	2.01 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	62	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	117	0.17 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	113	2.18 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	93	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	70	19.21 births/1,000 population	2022
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	76	3.4 %	1920
Contraceptive prevalence rate	116	16.6 %	1920
Current health expenditure	48	6.4 % of GDP	2019
Death rate	148	5.37 deaths/1,000 population	2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	102	8.9 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	61	11.2 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	31	74.9 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	39	66 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	89	2 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	85	1.6 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	61	0 % of population	0
Education expenditures	36	4.8 % of GDP	2020
Hospital bed density	70	N/A beds/1,000 population	2022
Infant mortality rate - female	88	14.05 deaths/1,000 live births	2022
Infant mortality rate - male	80	21.76 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	84	18 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	93	78.25 years	2022
Life expectancy at birth - male	102	72.28 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	99	75.19 years	0
Literacy - female	8	99.2 %	2018
Literacy - male	10	99 %	0
Literacy - total population	9	99.1 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	84	43 deaths/100,000 live births	2017
Median age - female	109	26 years	2020
Median age - male	103	25.3 years	0
Median age - total	104	25.6 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	85	N/A	2022
Net migration rate	166	7.51 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	6	47.3 %	2016
Physicians density	123	0.6 physicians/1,000 population	2020
Population	173	206179	2022
Population growth rate	102	0.63 %	2022
Sanitation facility access - improved	6	99.5 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	108	0.5 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	109	0.5 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	87	0.5 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	18	N/A years	2022
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	14	N/A years	2022
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	17	N/A years	2022
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	8	1.07 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	17	1.06	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	16	1.05	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	16	1.05	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	36	0.61 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	14	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	42	14.5 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	43	36.1 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	40	25.3 %	2020
Total fertility rate	60	2.42 children born/woman	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	157	0.03	2025
Urbanization - urban population	170	17.5	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	35	30	2017
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	74	13.3	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	53	19.6	0
Transportation
Airports	116	4	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	44	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	37	1	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	43	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	26	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - total	75	1	0
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	30	N/A	2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	58	N/A	2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	91	3	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	64	3	2021
Heliports	23	N/A	2022
Merchant marine - total	123	12	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	133	N/A	2022
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	135	137770	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	96	4	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2020
Railways - standard gauge	71	N/A	2022
Railways - total	128	N/A km	2022
Roadways - paved	151	N/A km	2022
Roadways - total	158	N/A km	2022
Waterways	105	N/A km	2022

*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 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Samoa 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Samoa 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.