Gross domestic product (GDP), Constant prices … Constant square in Samoa
Samoa: Gross domestic product (GDP), Constant prices … Constant square was 0.0005 units per square kilometre in 2019. ▲ Rising
Gross domestic product (GDP), Constant prices, Purchasing power in Samoa, 1970–2019
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in units per square kilometre.
Analysis
Samoa recorded 0.0005 units per square kilometre for gross domestic product (gdp), constant prices, purchasing power in 2019. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.3% on the previous year and up 17.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross domestic product (gdp), constant prices, purchasing power in Samoa peaked at 0.0005 units per square kilometre in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.0002 units per square kilometre, in 1970.
Samoa ranks 122nd of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.
Gross domestic product (GDP), Constant prices … Constant square in Samoa, year by year
| Year | units per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | — |
| 1971 | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | +13.5% |
| 1972 | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | +1.6% |
| 1973 | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | +7.3% |
| 1974 | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | -10.7% |
| 1975 | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | -3.8% |
| 1976 | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | +9.3% |
| 1977 | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | -0.8% |
| 1978 | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | +6.2% |
| 1979 | 0.0003 units per square kilometre | +13.2% |
| 1980 | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | -6.1% |
| 1981 | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | -9.1% |
| 1982 | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | -1.0% |
| 1983 | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 1984 | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | +1.3% |
| 1985 | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | +3.9% |
| 1986 | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | +5.5% |
| 1987 | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 1988 | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | -1.4% |
| 1989 | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | +3.7% |
| 1990 | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | -4.4% |
| 1991 | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | -2.3% |
| 1992 | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | -0.2% |
| 1993 | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | +4.1% |
| 1994 | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | -2.5% |
| 1995 | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | +6.0% |
| 1996 | 0.0003 units per square kilometre | +7.5% |
| 1997 | 0.0003 units per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 1998 | 0.0003 units per square kilometre | +2.2% |
| 1999 | 0.0003 units per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 2000 | 0.0003 units per square kilometre | +7.1% |
| 2001 | 0.0003 units per square kilometre | +8.0% |
| 2002 | 0.0003 units per square kilometre | +3.2% |
| 2003 | 0.0004 units per square kilometre | +5.7% |
| 2004 | 0.0004 units per square kilometre | +4.4% |
| 2005 | 0.0004 units per square kilometre | +5.1% |
| 2006 | 0.0004 units per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 0.0004 units per square kilometre | +6.2% |
| 2008 | 0.0004 units per square kilometre | -2.2% |
| 2009 | 0.0004 units per square kilometre | -1.5% |
| 2010 | 0.0004 units per square kilometre | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 0.0004 units per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 0.0004 units per square kilometre | -4.1% |
| 2013 | 0.0004 units per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 0.0004 units per square kilometre | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 0.0004 units per square kilometre | +6.7% |
| 2016 | 0.0004 units per square kilometre | +3.7% |
| 2017 | 0.0005 units per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 0.0005 units per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 0.0005 units per square kilometre | +2.3% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 0.0005 units per square kilometre is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.001 units per square kilometre, 46% of the median. (57 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 0.0005 units per square kilometre is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.0009 units per square kilometre, 51% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | 0.0003 units per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | 0.0003 units per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0004 units per square kilometre | 0.0003 units per square kilometre | 0.0004 units per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0004 units per square kilometre | 0.0004 units per square kilometre | 0.0005 units per square kilometre | 10 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
- 119 Gambia 0.0005 units per square kilometre compare
- 120 Honduras 0.0005 units per square kilometre compare
- 121 Oman 0.0005 units per square kilometre compare
- 123 Uganda 0.0005 units per square kilometre compare
- 124 Myanmar 0.0004 units per square kilometre compare
- 125 Cambodia 0.0004 units per square kilometre compare
More economy & growth data for Samoa
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 0.6345 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 2 Percent per annum (2029)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 18.44 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0322 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 189.01 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate 12.78 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0235 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 138.02 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0153 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross domestic product (gdp), constant prices, purchasing power in Samoa?
- Gross domestic product (gdp), constant prices, purchasing power in Samoa was 0.0005 units per square kilometre in 2019, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest gross domestic product (gdp), constant prices, purchasing power recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0005 units per square kilometre in 2019.
- What is the lowest gross domestic product (gdp), constant prices, purchasing power recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0002 units per square kilometre in 1970.
- How does Samoa rank for gross domestic product (gdp), constant prices, purchasing power?
- Samoa ranks 122nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is gross domestic product (gdp), constant prices, purchasing power rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Samoa data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Gross domestic product (GDP), Constant prices, Purchasing power parity (PPP) international dollar, ICP benchmark 2017, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Gross domestic product (GDP), Constant prices, Purchasing power parity (PPP) international dollar, ICP benchmark 2017 divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Gross domestic product (GDP), Constant prices, Purchasing power parity (PPP) international dollar, ICP benchmark 2017 ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Gross domestic product (GDP), Constant prices, Purchasing power International Monetary Fund
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Gross domestic product (GDP), Constant prices, Purchasing power parity (PPP) international dollar, ICP benchmark 2017 divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.