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Samoa

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Samoa is a country. The capital city is Apia, located in the Polynesia region of Oceania. It has a land area of 2,780 km², a population of 216,663 people and uses the currency Samoan tala. The Prime Minister is Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi.

Key facts

currency: Samoan tala
capital city: Apia
region: Polynesia
continent: Oceania
land area: 2,780 km²
population: 216,663 people
political leader: Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi (Prime Minister)

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expense: 35.08 % of GDP
GDP: 938,189,443.83 current US$
inflation: 10.96 annual %
self-employed workers: 44.66 % of total employment
tax revenue: 25.02 % of GDP
unemployment: 4.98 % of total labor force
vulnerable employment: 41.75 % of total employment
democracy score: 0.00
democracy type: Unknown
individuals using the Internet: 58.10 % of population
net migration: -2,810 people
press freedom: 4.28
proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 12.96 %
birth rate: 27.00 per 1,000 people
death rate: 5.45 per 1,000 people
health expenditure per capita: 263.89 current US$
health expenditure: 6.80 % of GDP
hospital beds: 1.00 per 1,000 people
life expectancy at birth: 73
suicide mortality rate: 12.60 per 100,000 population
agricultural land: 494.10 km²
carbon dioxide emissions (CO2): 0.47 Mt of CO2 equivalent
access to electricity: 98.30 % of population
fertility rate: 3.88 births per woman
forest area: 1,607 km²
fossil fuel energy consumption: 0.00 % of total
greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6): 0.65 Mt of CO2 equivalent
median age: 16.00
methane emissions: 0.14 Mt of CO2 equivalent
nitrous oxide emissions: 0.04 Mt of CO2 equivalent
female population: 107,591 people
male population: 109,072 people
renewable energy consumption: 35.90 % of total final energy consumption
rural land area: 2,817.36 km²
rural population: 178,730 people
urban land area: 46.68 km²
urban population: 37,933 people
urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 1.39 % of total population

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Location on a map: -13°58′S, -172°33′W

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Samoa is one of the countries in Oceania, countries in Polynesia and 194 countries in our database.

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