Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency in Samoa
Samoa: Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency was 0.0006 million SLC per person in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency in Samoa, 1970–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in million SLC per person.
Analysis
Samoa recorded 0.0006 million SLC per person for value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.5% on the previous year and down 11.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency in Samoa peaked at 0.0012 million SLC per person in 2007 and was at its lowest, 0 million SLC per person, in 1970.
That places Samoa 179th out of 194 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency in Samoa, year by year
| Year | million SLC per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0 million SLC per person | — |
| 1971 | 0 million SLC per person | +16.8% |
| 1972 | 0 million SLC per person | +7.8% |
| 1973 | 0 million SLC per person | +18.4% |
| 1974 | 0 million SLC per person | +9.7% |
| 1975 | 0 million SLC per person | +1.6% |
| 1976 | 0.0001 million SLC per person | +11.5% |
| 1977 | 0.0001 million SLC per person | +12.4% |
| 1978 | 0.0001 million SLC per person | +2.1% |
| 1979 | 0.0001 million SLC per person | +26.1% |
| 1980 | 0.0001 million SLC per person | +13.3% |
| 1981 | 0.0001 million SLC per person | +4.9% |
| 1982 | 0.0001 million SLC per person | +19.2% |
| 1983 | 0.0001 million SLC per person | +18.3% |
| 1984 | 0.0002 million SLC per person | +17.3% |
| 1985 | 0.0002 million SLC per person | +5.5% |
| 1986 | 0.0002 million SLC per person | +5.1% |
| 1987 | 0.0002 million SLC per person | +4.5% |
| 1988 | 0.0002 million SLC per person | +16.5% |
| 1989 | 0.0002 million SLC per person | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 0.0002 million SLC per person | +3.3% |
| 1991 | 0.0002 million SLC per person | +5.2% |
| 1992 | 0.0002 million SLC per person | +6.3% |
| 1993 | 0.0002 million SLC per person | +1.5% |
| 1994 | 0.0004 million SLC per person | +78.2% |
| 1995 | 0.0004 million SLC per person | -13.9% |
| 1996 | 0.0004 million SLC per person | +5.4% |
| 1997 | 0.0004 million SLC per person | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.0005 million SLC per person | +15.9% |
| 1999 | 0.0005 million SLC per person | +8.3% |
| 2000 | 0.0005 million SLC per person | +10.0% |
| 2001 | 0.0006 million SLC per person | +20.0% |
| 2002 | 0.0007 million SLC per person | +5.8% |
| 2003 | 0.0008 million SLC per person | +16.5% |
| 2004 | 0.0008 million SLC per person | -1.2% |
| 2005 | 0.0008 million SLC per person | +6.6% |
| 2006 | 0.0007 million SLC per person | -11.3% |
| 2007 | 0.0012 million SLC per person | +66.0% |
| 2008 | 0.001 million SLC per person | -15.4% |
| 2009 | 0.0008 million SLC per person | -25.0% |
| 2010 | 0.0008 million SLC per person | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 0.0008 million SLC per person | +4.0% |
| 2012 | 0.0007 million SLC per person | -9.4% |
| 2013 | 0.0007 million SLC per person | -9.1% |
| 2014 | 0.0007 million SLC per person | -3.4% |
| 2015 | 0.0007 million SLC per person | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 0.0007 million SLC per person | +3.3% |
| 2017 | 0.0006 million SLC per person | -10.3% |
| 2018 | 0.0005 million SLC per person | -22.4% |
| 2019 | 0.0005 million SLC per person | +9.2% |
| 2020 | 0.0005 million SLC per person | -8.6% |
| 2021 | 0.0005 million SLC per person | +6.5% |
| 2022 | 0.0006 million SLC per person | +9.8% |
| 2023 | 0.0006 million SLC per person | +7.5% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 0.0006 million SLC per person is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0119 million SLC per person, 5% of the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 0.0006 million SLC per person is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.0097 million SLC per person, 6% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — 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 | +78.2% | 0.0002 million SLC per person | 0.0004 million SLC per person |
| 2007 | +66.0% | 0.0007 million SLC per person | 0.0012 million SLC per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0 million SLC per person | 0 million SLC per person | 0.0001 million SLC per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0001 million SLC per person | 0.0001 million SLC per person | 0.0002 million SLC per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0003 million SLC per person | 0.0002 million SLC per person | 0.0005 million SLC per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0008 million SLC per person | 0.0005 million SLC per person | 0.0012 million SLC per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0007 million SLC per person | 0.0005 million SLC per person | 0.0008 million SLC per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0005 million SLC per person | 0.0005 million SLC per person | 0.0006 million SLC per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
- 176 British Virgin Islands 0.0007 million SLC per person compare
- 177 Azerbaijan 0.0007 million SLC per person compare
- 178 Eritrea 0.0006 million SLC per person compare
- 180 Jordan 0.0005 million SLC per person compare
- 181 Tonga 0.0005 million SLC per person compare
- 182 Bermuda 0.0004 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 0.0006 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 0.0012 million SLC per person in 2007.
- What is the lowest value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 million SLC per person in 1970.
- How does Samoa rank for value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency?
- Samoa ranks 179th 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 11.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- 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, 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 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 ÷ 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 divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.