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Samoa

Headline economic indicators for Samoa, with the most recent official readings.

Prices

Prices — Samoa
Indicator Value Change
Inflation rate · 2.2% +0.04 (+1.8%)
Consumer price index · 149.2 +3.23 (+2.2%)
GDP deflator inflation · 6.2% -2.26 (-26.8%)

GDP

GDP — Samoa
Indicator Value Change
GDP growth rate · 4.2% -0.54 (-11.5%)
GDP per capita · 5,872.78 +479.91 (+8.9%)
GDP · 1,287,936,621.65 +112,186,836 (+9.5%)
GDP, PPP · 2,043,703,350 +135,900,749 (+7.1%)
GDP per capita, PPP · 9,319 +568.33 (+6.5%)
GDP per capita growth · 3.6% -0.50 (-12.3%)
GNI per capita · 5,640 +600.00 (+11.9%)
Agriculture to GDP · 9.1% -0.71 (-7.2%)
Industry to GDP · 10.2% -0.42 (-3.9%)
Manufacturing to GDP · 4.9% -0.29 (-5.6%)
Services to GDP · 72.1% +2.73 (+3.9%)
Household consumption to GDP · 72.8% -3.06 (-4.0%)
Gross capital formation to GDP · 30.0% +1.02 (+3.5%)
Gross savings to GDP · 30.0% +0.02 (+0.1%)

Labour

Labour — Samoa
Indicator Value Change
Unemployment rate · 5.0% +0.14 (+2.9%)
Labour force participation rate · 42.5% -0.55 (-1.3%)
Female labour force participation rate · 30.7% -0.41 (-1.3%)
Youth unemployment rate · 13.0% +0.31 (+2.4%)
Employment to population ratio · 40.4% -0.58 (-1.4%)
Employment in agriculture · 26.9% -0.86 (-3.1%)
Employment in industry · 15.9% +0.54 (+3.5%)
Employment in services · 57.2% +0.32 (+0.6%)

Money

Money — Samoa
Indicator Value Change
Real interest rate · 2.1% +2.08 (+40,560.3%)
Broad money to GDP · 50.7% -3.95 (-7.2%)
Private sector credit to GDP · 65.5% -4.46 (-6.4%)
Lending rate · 8.4% -0.04 (-0.5%)
Bank deposit rate · 1.6% -0.01 (-0.7%)
Bank nonperforming loans · 4.2% -1.17 (-21.8%)
Official exchange rate · 2.79 +0.04 (+1.4%)

Trade

Trade — Samoa
Indicator Value Change
Current account to GDP · 6.9% +1.35 (+24.3%)
Exports to GDP · 27.6% -3.04 (-9.9%)
Imports to GDP · 43.0% -5.86 (-12.0%)
Trade to GDP · 70.6% -8.89 (-11.2%)
Exports of goods and services · 355,715,052.48 -4,744,792 (-1.3%)
Imports of goods and services · 553,949,848.28 -20,595,302 (-3.6%)
Trade balance, goods and services (annual) · -195,432,356.64 +10,706,302 (+5.2%)
Current account balance (annual) · 89,266,326.18 +23,691,591 (+36.1%)
Foreign direct investment to GDP · 0.2% -0.15 (-45.8%)
Remittances received to GDP · 22.4% -1.64 (-6.8%)
Total reserves, including gold · 598,336,707.94 +90,596,427 (+17.8%)
Reserves in months of imports · 12.4 +2.55 (+26.0%)
External debt to GNI · 37.6% -9.22 (-19.7%)

Government

Government — Samoa
Indicator Value Change
Government revenue to GDP · 30.7% -0.34 (-1.1%)
Government expense to GDP · 26.7% -5.15 (-16.2%)
Tax revenue to GDP · 24.0% -0.06 (-0.3%)
Government budget balance to GDP · 4.4% -1.75 (-28.6%)
Government consumption to GDP · 18.6% +1.82 (+10.9%)
Education spending to GDP · 5.5% -0.65 (-10.7%)
Health spending to GDP · 6.8% -0.15 (-2.2%)

Demography

Demography — Samoa
Indicator Value Change
Population · 219,306 +1,287 (+0.6%)
Population growth · 0.6% -0.04 (-5.7%)
Life expectancy · 71.8 +0.13 (+0.2%)
Fertility rate · 3.80 -0.03 (-0.7%)
Birth rate · 25.0 -0.43 (-1.7%)
Death rate · 6.2 +0.00 (+0.0%)
Urban population share · 17.5% +0.00 (+0.0%)
Population aged 65 and over · 6.1% +0.19 (+3.2%)
Under-five mortality rate · 14.9 -0.40 (-2.6%)
Population density · 78.4 +0.49 (+0.6%)
Net migration · -2,815 -61.00 (-2.2%)
Gini index · 38.7 -3.30 (-7.9%)

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