Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency in Samoa
Samoa: Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency was 0.0304 million SLC per square kilometre in 2023. ▼ Falling
Latest (2023)
0.0304 million SLC per square kilometre
Change on year
down 21.3%
World rank
169th
of 194 countries
All-time high
0.1043 million SLC per square kilometre
in 2003
All-time low
0.0304 million SLC per square kilometre
in 2023
Years of data
54
1970–2023
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency in Samoa, 1970–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in million SLC per square kilometre.
Analysis
The most recent figure for value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency in Samoa is 0.0304 million SLC per square kilometre, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 54 years on record.
The figure is down 21.3% on the previous year and down 41.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency in Samoa peaked at 0.1043 million SLC per square kilometre in 2003 and was at its lowest, 0.0304 million SLC per square kilometre, in 2023.
Samoa ranks 169th 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 square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.0484 million SLC per square kilometre | — |
| 1971 | 0.0549 million SLC per square kilometre | +13.5% |
| 1972 | 0.0558 million SLC per square kilometre | +1.6% |
| 1973 | 0.0598 million SLC per square kilometre | +7.3% |
| 1974 | 0.0534 million SLC per square kilometre | -10.7% |
| 1975 | 0.0514 million SLC per square kilometre | -3.8% |
| 1976 | 0.0562 million SLC per square kilometre | +9.3% |
| 1977 | 0.0558 million SLC per square kilometre | -0.8% |
| 1978 | 0.0592 million SLC per square kilometre | +6.2% |
| 1979 | 0.0671 million SLC per square kilometre | +13.2% |
| 1980 | 0.063 million SLC per square kilometre | -6.1% |
| 1981 | 0.0573 million SLC per square kilometre | -9.1% |
| 1982 | 0.0567 million SLC per square kilometre | -1.0% |
| 1983 | 0.057 million SLC per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 1984 | 0.0577 million SLC per square kilometre | +1.3% |
| 1985 | 0.06 million SLC per square kilometre | +4.0% |
| 1986 | 0.0633 million SLC per square kilometre | +5.5% |
| 1987 | 0.0635 million SLC per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 1988 | 0.0627 million SLC per square kilometre | -1.2% |
| 1989 | 0.065 million SLC per square kilometre | +3.6% |
| 1990 | 0.0618 million SLC per square kilometre | -4.9% |
| 1991 | 0.0612 million SLC per square kilometre | -1.0% |
| 1992 | 0.0604 million SLC per square kilometre | -1.4% |
| 1993 | 0.0618 million SLC per square kilometre | +2.4% |
| 1994 | 0.0644 million SLC per square kilometre | +4.2% |
| 1995 | 0.0627 million SLC per square kilometre | -2.7% |
| 1996 | 0.0652 million SLC per square kilometre | +4.1% |
| 1997 | 0.0612 million SLC per square kilometre | -6.2% |
| 1998 | 0.0615 million SLC per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 0.0673 million SLC per square kilometre | +9.4% |
| 2000 | 0.0739 million SLC per square kilometre | +9.7% |
| 2001 | 0.0885 million SLC per square kilometre | +19.7% |
| 2002 | 0.0928 million SLC per square kilometre | +5.0% |
| 2003 | 0.1043 million SLC per square kilometre | +12.4% |
| 2004 | 0.0985 million SLC per square kilometre | -5.6% |
| 2005 | 0.0998 million SLC per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 0.0835 million SLC per square kilometre | -16.4% |
| 2007 | 0.0953 million SLC per square kilometre | +14.1% |
| 2008 | 0.0795 million SLC per square kilometre | -16.6% |
| 2009 | 0.0638 million SLC per square kilometre | -19.8% |
| 2010 | 0.0636 million SLC per square kilometre | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 0.0634 million SLC per square kilometre | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 0.057 million SLC per square kilometre | -10.1% |
| 2013 | 0.0519 million SLC per square kilometre | -8.9% |
| 2014 | 0.0482 million SLC per square kilometre | -7.1% |
| 2015 | 0.0469 million SLC per square kilometre | -2.7% |
| 2016 | 0.0502 million SLC per square kilometre | +6.9% |
| 2017 | 0.0447 million SLC per square kilometre | -10.8% |
| 2018 | 0.0352 million SLC per square kilometre | -21.3% |
| 2019 | 0.0395 million SLC per square kilometre | +12.3% |
| 2020 | 0.0345 million SLC per square kilometre | -12.6% |
| 2021 | 0.0344 million SLC per square kilometre | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 0.0386 million SLC per square kilometre | +12.3% |
| 2023 | 0.0304 million SLC per square kilometre | -21.3% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 0.0304 million SLC per square kilometre is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.4142 million SLC per square kilometre, 7% of the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 0.0304 million SLC per square kilometre is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.8607 million SLC per square kilometre, 4% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0562 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.0484 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.0671 million SLC per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0606 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.0567 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.065 million SLC per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0628 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.0604 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.0673 million SLC per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.088 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.0638 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.1043 million SLC per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0501 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.0352 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.0636 million SLC per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0345 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.0304 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.0386 million SLC per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
- 166 Panama 0.0463 million SLC per square kilometre compare
- 167 Sierra Leone 0.0356 million SLC per square kilometre compare
- 168 Solomon Islands 0.0333 million SLC per square kilometre compare
- 170 Zambia 0.0256 million SLC per square kilometre compare
- 171 Canada 0.0237 million SLC per square kilometre compare
- 172 Kiribati 0.0203 million SLC 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)
- 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 0.0304 million SLC per square kilometre 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 0.1043 million SLC per square kilometre in 2003.
- What is the lowest value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0304 million SLC per square kilometre in 2023.
- How does Samoa rank for value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency?
- Samoa ranks 169th 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 41.5%. 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 square kilometre. 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 Land area (sq. km), 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 ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- 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
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices 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.