Economy of Samoa - Statistics

Statistics

GDP: purchasing power parity – US$1 billion (2002 est.)

GDP – real growth rate: 5% (2002 est.)

GDP – per capita: purchasing power parity – $5,600 (2002 est.)

GDP – composition by sector:
agriculture: 14%
industry: 23%
services: 63% (2001 est.)

Population below poverty line: NA%

Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 4% (2001 est.)

Labor force: 90 000 (2000 est.)

Labor force – by occupation: agriculture 65%, services 30%, industry 5% (1995 est.)

Unemployment rate: NA%

Ease of Doing Business Rank: 61st

Budget:
revenues: $105 million
expenditures: $119 million (2001–02)

Industries: tourism, food processing, auto parts, building materials

Industrial production growth rate: 2,8% (2000 est.)

Electricity – production: 116 GWh (2003)

Electricity – production by source:
fossil fuel: 61.54%
hydro: 38.46%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (1998)

Electricity – consumption: 107,9 GWh (2003)

Electricity – exports: 0 kWh (2003)

Electricity – imports: 0 kWh (2003)

Agriculture – products: coconuts, bananas, taro, yams, coffee, cocoa

Exports: $94 million (f.o.b., 2004)

Exports – commodities: coconut oil and cream, copra, fish, beer

Exports – partners: American Samoa, Australia, New Zealand, United States, Germany

Imports: $285 million (f.o.b., 2004)

Imports – commodities: machinery and equipment, foodstuffs

Imports – partners: Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Fiji, United States

Debt – external: $197 million (2000 est.)

Economic aid – recipient: $42.9 million (1995)

Currency: 1 tala (WS$) = 100 sene

Exchange rates: tala (WS$) per US$1 – 3.0460 (January 2000), 3.0120 (1999), 2.9429 (1998), 2.5562 (1997), 2.4618 (1996), 2.4722 (1995)

Fiscal year: calendar year