Services, value added (% of GDP) in Samoa
Samoa: Services, value added (% of GDP) was 72.1% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Services, value added in Samoa, 1999–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2025, services, value added in Samoa stood at 72.1%.
That represents a change of up 3.9% on the previous year and up 3.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, services, value added in Samoa peaked at 72.2% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 57.3%, in 2004.
Samoa ranks 27th of 206 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Services, value added (% of GDP) in Samoa, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 57.8% | — |
| 2000 | 58.3% | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 58.5% | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 59.2% | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 59.3% | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 57.3% | -3.5% |
| 2005 | 57.3% | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 59.0% | +3.0% |
| 2007 | 59.4% | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 60.5% | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 67.4% | +11.5% |
| 2010 | 68.1% | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 70.5% | +3.6% |
| 2012 | 68.8% | -2.4% |
| 2013 | 68.2% | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 67.3% | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 69.4% | +3.0% |
| 2016 | 67.6% | -2.5% |
| 2017 | 67.0% | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 69.6% | +3.8% |
| 2019 | 69.0% | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 69.4% | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 70.1% | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 72.2% | +3.1% |
| 2023 | 70.7% | -2.0% |
| 2024 | 69.4% | -1.9% |
| 2025 | 72.1% | +3.9% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 72.1% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 58.1%, 1.2× the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 72.1% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 60.2%, 1.2× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 57.8% | 57.8% | 57.8% | 1 |
| 2000s | 59.6% | 57.3% | 67.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 68.6% | 67.0% | 70.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 70.7% | 69.4% | 72.2% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
- 24 Israel 72.8% compare
- 25 Turks and Caicos Islands 72.6% compare
- 26 Curacao 72.3% compare
- 28 Switzerland 71.7% compare
- 29 East Timor 71.6% compare
- 30 Singapore 71.6% 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 services, value added in Samoa?
- Services, value added in Samoa was 72.1% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs).
- What is the highest services, value added recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 72.2% in 2022.
- What is the lowest services, value added recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 57.3% in 2004.
- How does Samoa rank for services, value added?
- Samoa ranks 27th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is services, value added rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Samoa data come from?
- The figures come from Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), published as part of Services, value added (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Services industries correspond to ISIC (Rev. 4) divisions 45-99 and includes wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles, hotels and restaurants, transport, storage and communication, financial intermediation, real estate, renting and business activities, public administration and defence, compulsory social security, education, health and social work, other community, social and personal service activities, private households with employed persons, and extra-territorial organizations and bodies. Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.