Indicators of economy in Samoa
The essential economic performance of a country is reflected by the gross domestic product. So the total of all goods and services sold. Worldwide gross domestic product in 2020 was at about 10.915 US Dollar per capita. In contrast, the GDP in Samoa reached 4.068 US dollars per inhabitant, or 807.10 m US Dollar in the whole country. Samoa is currently at number 199 among the international economies and is therefore one of the less significant. If this is calculated per inhabitant taking into account the purchasing power parity, then Samoa is in the list of the world's richest countries in place 128.Inflation in Samoa was in 2021 at around 3.13%. Within the EU, the average in the same year was 2.62%. In the United States, it was most recently 4.70%.
Compared with the USA, prices for daily consumer goods are around 29.7% lower.
The Corruption Perceptions Index for the public sector counts 67 and is compared to other countries moderate.
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Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020
The consequences of the Covid pandemic were not insignificant in Samoa 2020. Overall, gross domestic product in 2020 fell from 852.01 million US Dollar auf 807.10 million US Dollar. With a drop of 5.3 percent, the economy in Samoa suffered more significant losses than other countries.. The tourism sector alone slumped by around 89 percent. The unemployment rate rose from 8.4 to 9.1 percent. The inflation rate has fallen from 1.0 percent previously to -1.6 percent by the end of 2020.Unemployment rates in percent 1991 - 2021
Economic performance 2020
Samoa Total | Samoa per capita | EU Total | EU per capita | |
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GDP | 807.10 m USD | 4,067.84 USD | 15,291.93 tn USD | 29,692.11 USD |
Gross national product | 802.65 m USD | 4,045.40 USD | 15,330.84 tn USD | 29,767.66 USD |
Development of gross domestic product in million US Dollar 1982 - 2020
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› Cost of living in a global comparison
› Development of inflation
› Corruption in Samoa
› Cost of living in a global comparison
Im- and Exports 2020
Samoa Total | Samoa per capita | EU Total | EU per capita | |
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Imports | 376.02 m USD | 1,895.17 USD | 7,340.01 bn USD | 14,251.98 USD |
Exports | 116.52 m USD | 587.27 USD | 7,939.04 bn USD | 15,415.11 USD |
Development of imports and exports in million US dollars 1977 - 2020
Exports
Imports