Western Samoa Economy - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

GNP: $50 million (1984), $770 per capita

Natural resources: hardwood forests, fish

Agriculture: cocoa, bananas, copra; staple foods include coconuts, bananas, taro, yams

Major industries: timber, tourism, light industry

Electric power: 62,000 kW capacity (1985); 79 million kWh produced (1985), 485 kWh per capita

Exports: $19.5 million (1984); copra 43.3%, cocoa 32.3%, timber 2.0%, mineral fuel, bananas

Imports: $57 million (1984); food 30%, manufactured goods 25%, machinery

Major trade partners: exports—31% FRG, 26% New Zealand, 12% US, 2% Australia; imports—30% US, 28% New Zealand, 10% Australia, 6% UK (1981)

Aid: economic commitments—US (FY70-84), $12 million; Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF (1970-83), $176 million

Budget: (1982 est.) revenues, $36.9 million;

expenditures, $37.6 million; development expenditure, $34.9 million

Monetary conversion rate: 1.533 WStala=

US$1 (February 1984)

NOTE: The information regarding Western Samoa on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Western Samoa 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Western Samoa 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.