Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita in Samoa
Samoa: Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita was 5,410 USD in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita in Samoa, 1970–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in USD.
Analysis
In 2024, gross domestic product — value us$ per capita in Samoa stood at 5,410 USD. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 13.5% on the previous year and up 32.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross domestic product — value us$ per capita in Samoa peaked at 5,410 USD in 2024 and was at its lowest, 294.35 USD, in 1970.
That places Samoa 126th out of 195 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita in Samoa, year by year
| Year | USD | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 294.35 USD | — |
| 1971 | 344.72 USD | +17.1% |
| 1972 | 395.69 USD | +14.8% |
| 1973 | 514.48 USD | +30.0% |
| 1974 | 572.28 USD | +11.2% |
| 1975 | 557.33 USD | -2.6% |
| 1976 | 494.6 USD | -11.3% |
| 1977 | 562.49 USD | +13.7% |
| 1978 | 613.03 USD | +9.0% |
| 1979 | 688.95 USD | +12.4% |
| 1980 | 701.39 USD | +1.8% |
| 1981 | 653.86 USD | -6.8% |
| 1982 | 667.36 USD | +2.1% |
| 1983 | 614.99 USD | -7.8% |
| 1984 | 600.07 USD | -2.4% |
| 1985 | 525.02 USD | -12.5% |
| 1986 | 553.85 USD | +5.5% |
| 1987 | 610.73 USD | +10.3% |
| 1988 | 723.71 USD | +18.5% |
| 1989 | 666.93 USD | -7.8% |
| 1990 | 681.81 USD | +2.2% |
| 1991 | 679.09 USD | -0.4% |
| 1992 | 711.84 USD | +4.8% |
| 1993 | 710.15 USD | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 1,177 USD | +65.7% |
| 1995 | 1,154 USD | -1.9% |
| 1996 | 1,288 USD | +11.6% |
| 1997 | 1,391 USD | +8.0% |
| 1998 | 1,294 USD | -7.0% |
| 1999 | 1,310 USD | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 1,308 USD | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 1,344 USD | +2.8% |
| 2002 | 1,473 USD | +9.5% |
| 2003 | 1,784 USD | +21.1% |
| 2004 | 2,125 USD | +19.1% |
| 2005 | 2,389 USD | +12.4% |
| 2006 | 2,480 USD | +3.8% |
| 2007 | 3,538 USD | +42.7% |
| 2008 | 3,597 USD | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 3,267 USD | -9.2% |
| 2010 | 3,620 USD | +10.8% |
| 2011 | 4,000 USD | +10.5% |
| 2012 | 3,942 USD | -1.4% |
| 2013 | 4,026 USD | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 4,089 USD | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 4,091 USD | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 4,276 USD | +4.5% |
| 2017 | 4,292 USD | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 4,307 USD | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 4,350 USD | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 3,912 USD | -10.1% |
| 2021 | 4,010 USD | +2.5% |
| 2022 | 3,982 USD | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 4,765 USD | +19.7% |
| 2024 | 5,410 USD | +13.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 503.79 USD | 294.35 USD | 688.95 USD | 10 |
| 1980s | 631.79 USD | 525.02 USD | 723.71 USD | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,040 USD | 679.09 USD | 1,391 USD | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,330 USD | 1,308 USD | 3,597 USD | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,100 USD | 3,620 USD | 4,350 USD | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,416 USD | 3,912 USD | 5,410 USD | 5 |
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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)
- Gross domestic savings (current US$), annual growth rate 27.8 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross domestic savings (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0865 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross domestic savings (current US$), per capita 508.02 current US$ per person (2025)
- Gross domestic savings (current LCU), annual growth rate 29.07 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross domestic savings (current LCU), per unit of GDP 0.2408 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross domestic savings (current LCU), per capita 1,414 current LCU per person (2025)
- GNI, Atlas method (current US$), annual growth rate 12.51 % change on previous year (2025)
- GNI, Atlas method (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.9602 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross domestic product — value us$ per capita in Samoa?
- Gross domestic product — value us$ per capita in Samoa was 5,410 USD in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest gross domestic product — value us$ per capita recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 5,410 USD in 2024.
- What is the lowest gross domestic product — value us$ per capita recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 294.35 USD in 1970.
- How does Samoa rank for gross domestic product — value us$ per capita?
- Samoa ranks 126th out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
- Is gross domestic product — value us$ per capita rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.3%. 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 US$ per capita. 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).