Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency in Samoa
Samoa: Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency was 0.0004 million SLC per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency in Samoa, 1970–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in million SLC per person.
Analysis
Samoa recorded 0.0004 million SLC per person for value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 54 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 21.8% on the previous year and down 47.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency in Samoa peaked at 0.0016 million SLC per person in 2003 and was at its lowest, 0.0004 million SLC per person, in 2023.
Samoa ranks 178th of 194 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 54 years of available data.
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency in Samoa, year by year
| Year | million SLC per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.001 million SLC per person | — |
| 1971 | 0.0011 million SLC per person | +11.8% |
| 1972 | 0.0011 million SLC per person | +0.2% |
| 1973 | 0.0012 million SLC per person | +5.8% |
| 1974 | 0.001 million SLC per person | -12.4% |
| 1975 | 0.0009 million SLC per person | -6.3% |
| 1976 | 0.001 million SLC per person | +6.7% |
| 1977 | 0.001 million SLC per person | -2.4% |
| 1978 | 0.001 million SLC per person | +5.2% |
| 1979 | 0.0012 million SLC per person | +12.2% |
| 1980 | 0.0011 million SLC per person | -6.9% |
| 1981 | 0.001 million SLC per person | -9.8% |
| 1982 | 0.001 million SLC per person | -1.5% |
| 1983 | 0.001 million SLC per person | +0.3% |
| 1984 | 0.001 million SLC per person | +1.2% |
| 1985 | 0.001 million SLC per person | +3.9% |
| 1986 | 0.0011 million SLC per person | +5.4% |
| 1987 | 0.0011 million SLC per person | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.0011 million SLC per person | -1.6% |
| 1989 | 0.0011 million SLC per person | +3.3% |
| 1990 | 0.001 million SLC per person | -5.0% |
| 1991 | 0.001 million SLC per person | -1.2% |
| 1992 | 0.001 million SLC per person | -1.9% |
| 1993 | 0.001 million SLC per person | +1.5% |
| 1994 | 0.0011 million SLC per person | +3.4% |
| 1995 | 0.001 million SLC per person | -3.5% |
| 1996 | 0.001 million SLC per person | +3.2% |
| 1997 | 0.001 million SLC per person | -7.0% |
| 1998 | 0.001 million SLC per person | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 0.0011 million SLC per person | +8.6% |
| 2000 | 0.0012 million SLC per person | +8.9% |
| 2001 | 0.0014 million SLC per person | +18.8% |
| 2002 | 0.0014 million SLC per person | +4.2% |
| 2003 | 0.0016 million SLC per person | +11.8% |
| 2004 | 0.0015 million SLC per person | -6.0% |
| 2005 | 0.0015 million SLC per person | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 0.0013 million SLC per person | -16.7% |
| 2007 | 0.0014 million SLC per person | +13.5% |
| 2008 | 0.0012 million SLC per person | -17.2% |
| 2009 | 0.0009 million SLC per person | -20.4% |
| 2010 | 0.0009 million SLC per person | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 0.0009 million SLC per person | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 0.0008 million SLC per person | -10.9% |
| 2013 | 0.0007 million SLC per person | -9.7% |
| 2014 | 0.0007 million SLC per person | -7.9% |
| 2015 | 0.0007 million SLC per person | -3.5% |
| 2016 | 0.0007 million SLC per person | +6.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0006 million SLC per person | -13.2% |
| 2018 | 0.0005 million SLC per person | -22.2% |
| 2019 | 0.0005 million SLC per person | +11.1% |
| 2020 | 0.0005 million SLC per person | -13.5% |
| 2021 | 0.0004 million SLC per person | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 0.0005 million SLC per person | +11.6% |
| 2023 | 0.0004 million SLC per person | -21.8% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 0.0004 million SLC per person is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0058 million SLC per person, 7% of the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 0.0004 million SLC per person is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.0078 million SLC per person, 5% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.001 million SLC per person | 0.0009 million SLC per person | 0.0012 million SLC per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.001 million SLC per person | 0.001 million SLC per person | 0.0011 million SLC per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.001 million SLC per person | 0.001 million SLC per person | 0.0011 million SLC per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0013 million SLC per person | 0.0009 million SLC per person | 0.0016 million SLC per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0007 million SLC per person | 0.0005 million SLC per person | 0.0009 million SLC per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0004 million SLC per person | 0.0004 million SLC per person | 0.0005 million SLC per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
- 175 Jordan 0.0005 million SLC per person compare
- 176 Azerbaijan 0.0005 million SLC per person compare
- 177 Bermuda 0.0004 million SLC per person compare
- 179 Tonga 0.0004 million SLC per person compare
- 180 Sierra Leone 0.0003 million SLC per person compare
- 181 Palestine 0.0003 million SLC per person 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 value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency in Samoa?
- Value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency in Samoa was 0.0004 million SLC per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0016 million SLC per person in 2003.
- What is the lowest value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0004 million SLC per person in 2023.
- How does Samoa rank for value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency?
- Samoa ranks 178th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 47.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Samoa data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.