International Rankings of Samoa 2023, 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	53	1	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	191	1692	2020
Internet users - percent of population	36	78 %	2021
Internet users - total	180	171600	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	56	3	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	189	6000	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	105	32	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	191	69000	2021
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	201	263.000 million US Dollars	2020
Budget - revenues	197	313.000 million US Dollars	2020
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	73	4.7 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	92	118.081 million US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	182	447.200 million US Dollars	2013
Exports	207	97.774 million US Dollars	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	208	841.000 million US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	127	27.2 % of GDP	2015
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	135	N/A % of GDP	0
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	187	N/A % of GDP	0
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	110	50.5 % of GDP	2015
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	145	N/A % of GDP	0
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	75	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	99	23.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	77	66 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	53	38.7 %	2013
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	203	430.011 million US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	187	9.65 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	104	3.13 %	2021
Labor force	188	58400 US Dollars	2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	24	65 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	122	6 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	147	29 %	2015
Population below poverty line	90	20.3 %	2013
Public debt	98	49.1 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	206	1.211 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	197	7.08 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	142	5500 US Dollars	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	180	294.682 million US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	52	24.42 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	67	9.84 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	67	24.5	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	78	16.7	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	67	19.7	0
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	192	120.130 million kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	98	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - installed generating capacity	189	50000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	183	15.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity access	1	100 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	68	72.7 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	17	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	67	27.2 %	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	72	0.1 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	125	27.111 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	179	2500 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	188	2363 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	112	0 bbl/day	2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	171	0.25 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	169	0.27 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	163	10.56 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	161	12.4	2018
Land use - arable land	137	2.8	2018
Land use - forest	29	60.4	2018
Land use - other	92	27.2	2018
Land use - permanent crops	37	7.8	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	150	1.8	2018
Revenue from coal	33	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	75	0.27 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	179	0 cubic meters	2017
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	167	0.03	2025
Urbanization - urban population	177	17.5	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	120	27399 tons	2011
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	111	9864 tons	2013
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	13	36 %	2013
Geography
Area - land	179	2821 sq km	0
Area - total	179	2831 sq km	0
Area - water	138	10177 sq km	0
Coastline	116	403 km	0
Elevation - highest point	113	1857 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	161	12.4	2018
Land use - arable land	137	2.8	2018
Land use - forest	29	60.4	2018
Land use - other	92	27.2	2018
Land use - permanent crops	37	7.8	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	150	1.8	2018
Military
Military expenditures	53	N/A % of GDP	2023
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	76	2.01 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	63	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	121	0.17 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	117	2.18 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	96	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	71	19.03 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	80	3.4 %	1920
Contraceptive prevalence rate	121	16.6 %	1920
Current health expenditure	64	5.3 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	51	61.7 %	2023
Death rate	164	5.38 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	112	8.9 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	61	11.2 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	34	74.9 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	41	66 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	94	2 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	88	1.6 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	64	0 % of population	0
Education expenditures	38	4.8 % of GDP	2020
Gross reproduction rate	57	1.16 %	2023
Hospital bed density	71	N/A beds/1,000 population	2023
Infant mortality rate - female	91	14.06 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	86	21.29 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	90	17.76 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	103	78.48 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	113	72.58 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	111	75.46 years	0
Literacy - female	8	99.3 %	2021
Literacy - male	9	99 %	0
Literacy - total population	9	99.1 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	83	59 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	117	26 years	2020
Median age - male	110	25.3 years	0
Median age - total	114	25.6 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	86	N/A	2023
Net migration rate	185	7.19 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	8	47.3 %	2016
Physicians density	127	0.6 physicians/1,000 population	2020
Population	185	207501	2023
Population growth rate	104	0.65 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	6	99.5 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	115	0.5 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	116	0.5 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	89	0.5 % 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	9	1.07 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	19	1.04 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	33	0.8 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	16	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	45	14.5 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	46	36.1 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	44	25.3 %	2020
Total fertility rate	66	2.37 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	167	0.03	2025
Urbanization - urban population	177	17.5	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	67	24.5	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	78	16.7	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	67	19.7	0
Transportation
Airports	119	4	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	95	31000	3280
Heliports	26	N/A	2023
Merchant marine - total	131	15	0
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	139	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	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 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 Samoa 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Samoa 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.