Indicators of economy in Samoa

The essential economic performance of a country is reflected by the gross domestic product, the total of all goods and services sold. Worldwide gross domestic product in 2021 was at about 12,230 USD per capita. GDP in Samoa, on the other hand, reached USD 3,857 per capita, or 843.84 million USD for 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 purchasing power parity into account, then Samoa ranks 138th in the list of the richest countries.

Inflation in Samoa in 2021 was around 3.13%. Within the EU, the average in the same year was 2.55 percent. In the United States, it was most recently 4.70%.

Compared with the USA, prices for daily consumer goods are around 29.7 percent lower.
The index for perceived corruption in the public sector is 52, which is rather mediocre by global standards.


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