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Key facts

  • Currency: Samoan tala
  • Capital city: Apia
  • Region: Polynesia
  • Continent: Oceania
  • Land area: 2,780 km²
  • Population: 222,382
  • Political Leader: Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi (Prime Minister)

Latest news

Pasifika Festival 2024: Samoan singing sensation Tofaga Meke among top acts this year

Read: NZ Herald

2024-03-08

Artist brings traditional Samoan tattoos to Edmonton area

Read: CBC

2024-02-20

Replay: Nauru v Samoa (Women) - AFI World 9s

Read: Daily Telegraph

2024-02-06

Replay: Samoa v United Nations (Div 1) - AFI world 9s

Read: Daily Telegraph

2024-02-06

King Charles and Queen Camilla expected to visit Australia and Samoa in 2024

Read: Daily Telegraph

2024-01-28

New Year's traditions for Kiribati, Samoa and Tonga - the first places to ring in 2024

Read: Mirror

2023-12-30

Australia thrash Samoa in Sevens opener

Read: Daily Telegraph

2023-12-09

Metrics

Business

Expense 35.08 % of GDP
GDP 832,945,000.00 current US$
Inflation 10.96 annual %
Self-employed 35.17 % of total employment
Tax revenue 25.02 % of GDP
Unemployment 10.04 % of total labor force
Vulnerable employment 30.20 % of total employment


Environment

Agricultural land 494.10 km²
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2) 206.50 kt
Fertility rate 3.93 births per woman
Forest area 1,611 km²
Fossil fuel energy consumption 0.00 % of total
Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 130.06 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Median age 16.70 years
Methane emissions 267.32 kt of CO2 equivalent
Nitrous oxide emissions 50.49 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Female Population 109,007
Male Population 113,375
Renewable energy consumption 37.57 % of total final energy consumption
Rural land area 2,817.36 km²
Rural population 183,207
Urban land area 46.68 km²
Urban population 39,175
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters 1.39 % of total population


Health

Birth rate 27.25 per 1,000 people
Death rate 5.34 per 1,000 people
Health expenditure per capita 202.43 current US$
Health expenditure 5.33 % of GDP
Hospital beds 1.00 per 1,000 people
Life expectancy at birth 73 years
Suicide mortality rate 12.60 per 100,000 population


Other

Access to electricity 98.30 % of population
Individuals using the Internet 78.25 % of population
Net migration -1,500
Press freedom 4.28


Politics

Democracy score 0.00
Democracy type Unknown
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments 12.96 %


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Coordinates: [-13°58′S, -172°33′S]
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Datasets

Source

SIPRI, World Bank

Updated: 20 days ago

License

CC BY 4.0

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