Samoa
Country in Oceania
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 219.3K (2025). World rank 182 of 216; in Oceania, 9 of 19. Area: 2,842 km². World rank 179 of 249; in Oceania, 9 of 27. GDP: $1.3B (2025). World rank 196 of 210; in Oceania, 10 of 19. From 2015 to 2025: population 201.8K → 219.3K, GDP $824.2M → $1.3B, and GDP per person $4,084 → $5,873.
State
- Official name
- Independent State of Samoa
- Local name
- Samoa
- Capital
- Apia
- Region
- Oceania
- Form of government
- Parliamentary republic
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Va'aletoa Sualauvi II
- Independence
- January 1, 1962
- Women in parliament
- 9.8% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 219,306 2025
- Area
- 2,842 km²
- GDP
- $1.3B 2025
- GDP per person
- $5,873 2025
- Life expectancy
- 71.8 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- English, Samoan
- Currency
- Samoan Tala (WST)
- Time zones
- UTC+13
- Calling code
- +685
- Emergency numbers
- 994, 995, 996, 999
- Driving side
- Left
- Plug types
- I
- Mains voltage
- 230 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Has a coastline
- Coastline, km
- 403
- Neighbours
- None
- Agricultural land
- 17.8% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Silisili, 1,857 m
- Lowest point
- Pacific Ocean, 0 m
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 27
- Warmest month in the capital
- January, 28°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- July, 27°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 2,880 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 77.2 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- +0.6% 2025
- Living in cities
- 17.5% 2025
- Net migration per year
- -2.8K 2025
- Born in another country
- 1.8% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 38.1% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 55.9% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 6.1% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 73.8 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 70 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 3.8 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 25 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 6.2 2024
Society
- Religions
- Protestant 54.9%, other Christian 20.5%, Catholic 18.8%, and other 5.7% (2016)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 76.1 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 61.3 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 56.5 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 54.2 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 74.5 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $9,319 2025
- GDP growth per year
- +4.2% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- Upper-middle income
- Gross national income per person
- $5,640 2025
- Inflation
- +2.2% 2025
- Price level, USA = 100
- 63 2025
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 9.1% 2025
- Industry, share of GDP
- 10.2% 2025
- Services, share of GDP
- 72.1% 2025
- Unemployment
- 5% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 13% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 30.7% 2025
Trade and finance
- Exports, share of GDP
- 27.6% 2025
- Imports, share of GDP
- 43% 2025
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- +6.9% 2025
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- +0.2% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 22.4% 2025
- Tax revenue, share of GDP
- 24% 2023
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 38.7 2013
- Living on under $3 a day
- 4.5% 2013
Education
- Adult literacy
- 98% 2019
- Primary school enrolment
- 101% 2024
- Secondary school enrolment
- 87.3% 2016
- Higher education enrolment
- 16% 2024
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 5.5% 2024
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 6.8% 2023
- Health spending per person
- $293 2023
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 13.4% 2023
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 0.6 2021
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 3.1 2020
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 1 2005
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 85% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 12.3 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 14.9 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 101 2023
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 25.4% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 87.7% 2022
- Adults who use tobacco
- 23.1% 2024
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 99.4% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 97.1% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 65% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 6.3 2018
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 13 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 12 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 89 2025
- Natural hazards
- volcanoes and tropical cyclones
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 4.6 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 1.6 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 2.4 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 57.6% 2024
- Protected areas
- 0.3% 2025
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 21.2% 2014
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 62 2022
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 0.9 2022
- Internet domain
- .ws
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 100% 2024
- Renewable share of energy use
- 35.9% 2022
- Electricity from renewables
- 49.1% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 50.9% 2021
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 42,120 2023
- Airports
- 4 2025
Science and innovation
- Scientific articles per year
- 22 2023
- Patent applications by residents
- 1 2021
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 76.7% 2024