Gross Domestic Product — Value Standard Local Currency in Samoa
Samoa: Gross Domestic Product — Value Standard Local Currency was 3,248 million SLC in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Gross Domestic Product — Value Standard Local Currency in Samoa, 1970–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million SLC.
Analysis
In 2024, gross domestic product — value standard local currency in Samoa stood at 3,248 million SLC. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 14.9% on the previous year and up 70.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross domestic product — value standard local currency in Samoa peaked at 3,248 million SLC in 2024 and was at its lowest, 29.8 million SLC, in 1970.
Samoa ranks 199th of 218 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Gross Domestic Product — Value Standard Local Currency in Samoa, year by year
| Year | million SLC | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 29.8 million SLC | — |
| 1971 | 35.32 million SLC | +18.5% |
| 1972 | 38.63 million SLC | +9.4% |
| 1973 | 46.35 million SLC | +20.0% |
| 1974 | 51.87 million SLC | +11.9% |
| 1975 | 54.08 million SLC | +4.3% |
| 1976 | 61.81 million SLC | +14.3% |
| 1977 | 70.64 million SLC | +14.3% |
| 1978 | 72.84 million SLC | +3.1% |
| 1979 | 92.71 million SLC | +27.3% |
| 1980 | 105.95 million SLC | +14.3% |
| 1981 | 112.02 million SLC | +5.7% |
| 1982 | 134.14 million SLC | +19.7% |
| 1983 | 158.83 million SLC | +18.4% |
| 1984 | 186.4 million SLC | +17.4% |
| 1985 | 196.68 million SLC | +5.5% |
| 1986 | 206.87 million SLC | +5.2% |
| 1987 | 217.26 million SLC | +5.0% |
| 1988 | 253.47 million SLC | +16.7% |
| 1989 | 255.52 million SLC | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 266.22 million SLC | +4.2% |
| 1991 | 275.99 million SLC | +3.7% |
| 1992 | 299.04 million SLC | +8.3% |
| 1993 | 313.33 million SLC | +4.8% |
| 1994 | 516.69 million SLC | +64.9% |
| 1995 | 498.41 million SLC | -3.5% |
| 1996 | 558.43 million SLC | +12.0% |
| 1997 | 632.02 million SLC | +13.2% |
| 1998 | 682.17 million SLC | +7.9% |
| 1999 | 711.39 million SLC | +4.3% |
| 2000 | 780.91 million SLC | +9.8% |
| 2001 | 856.38 million SLC | +9.7% |
| 2002 | 917.14 million SLC | +7.1% |
| 2003 | 983.46 million SLC | +7.2% |
| 2004 | 1,101 million SLC | +11.9% |
| 2005 | 1,211 million SLC | +10.0% |
| 2006 | 1,294 million SLC | +6.9% |
| 2007 | 1,747 million SLC | +35.1% |
| 2008 | 1,808 million SLC | +3.5% |
| 2009 | 1,709 million SLC | -5.5% |
| 2010 | 1,736 million SLC | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 1,805 million SLC | +4.0% |
| 2012 | 1,776 million SLC | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 1,845 million SLC | +3.9% |
| 2014 | 1,907 million SLC | +3.4% |
| 2015 | 2,114 million SLC | +10.8% |
| 2016 | 2,232 million SLC | +5.6% |
| 2017 | 2,252 million SLC | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 2,313 million SLC | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 2,417 million SLC | +4.5% |
| 2020 | 2,210 million SLC | -8.6% |
| 2021 | 2,191 million SLC | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 2,305 million SLC | +5.2% |
| 2023 | 2,827 million SLC | +22.7% |
| 2024 | 3,248 million SLC | +14.9% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 3,248 million SLC is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 913,929 million SLC, 0% of the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 3,248 million SLC is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 725,630 million SLC, 0% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Gross Domestic Product — Value Standard Local Currency in Samoa changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | +64.9% | 313.33 million SLC | 516.69 million SLC |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 55.4 million SLC | 29.8 million SLC | 92.71 million SLC | 10 |
| 1980s | 182.71 million SLC | 105.95 million SLC | 255.52 million SLC | 10 |
| 1990s | 475.37 million SLC | 266.22 million SLC | 711.39 million SLC | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,241 million SLC | 780.91 million SLC | 1,808 million SLC | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,040 million SLC | 1,736 million SLC | 2,417 million SLC | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,556 million SLC | 2,191 million SLC | 3,248 million SLC | 5 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
- 196 Liberia 5,452 million SLC compare
- 197 Grenada 3,736 million SLC compare
- 198 Andorra 3,732 million SLC compare
- 200 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 3,201 million SLC compare
- 201 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3,179 million SLC compare
- 202 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2,883 million SLC 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)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 395,277 BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 1.8 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled 2.22 million BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual -40.6 % change on previous year (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0017 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 10.13 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), annual growth rate 17.84 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross domestic product — value standard local currency in Samoa?
- Gross domestic product — value standard local currency in Samoa was 3,248 million SLC in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest gross domestic product — value standard local currency recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 3,248 million SLC in 2024.
- What is the lowest gross domestic product — value standard local currency recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 29.8 million SLC in 1970.
- How does Samoa rank for gross domestic product — value standard local currency?
- Samoa ranks 199th out of 218 countries with data for 2024.
- Is gross domestic product — value standard local currency rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 70.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Samoa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Gross Domestic Product — Value Standard Local Currency. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The FAOSTAT Macro Indicators database provides a selection of country-level macro indicators relating to total economy (Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation); agriculture activity; agriculture, forestry and fishing activity; total manufacturing activity; manufacturing of food products and beverages activity; manufacturing activity of tobacco products; and manufacturing activity of food, beverage and tobacco products.It releases time series for a selection of National Accounts variables, including gross domestic product, gross fixed capital formation, industry-level value added and gross output. The database also proposes additional indicators such as gross domestic product per capita, year-on-year growth rates and measures of industry contribution to gross domestic product. All data relating to Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation, agriculture, forestry and fishing activity, and to total manufacturing activity originates from the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates database, which consists of a complete and consistent set of time series of the main National Accounts aggregates of all UN Members States and other territories in the world for which National Accounts information is available. The UNSD database's content is based on the countries' official National Accounts data reported to UNSD through the annual National Accounts Questionnaire, supplemented with data estimates for any years and countries with incomplete or inconsistent information (See http://unstats.un.org/unsd/snaama/Introduction.asp). Data series relating to the sub-industry Agriculture activity are obtained from the UNSD national accounts Official Country Data databases while series on the Manufacturing activity of food and beverages products, manufacturing activity of tobacco products and manufacturing activity of food, beverages and tobacco products originates from the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) INDSTAT2 database. In order to ensure that sub-industry series are consistent in levels with National Accounts based series, which is needed to support comparability across industries (agriculture vs. agro-industry and sub-industries), UNIDO originating series are rescaled on UNSD National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates data series (See Section 17.5 for a more detailed description of the data processing steps).