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American Samoa Economy 2016
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SOURCE: 2016 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES











American Samoa Economy 2016
SOURCE: 2016 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES


Page last updated on February 11, 2016

Economy - overview:
American Samoa has a traditional Polynesian economy in which more than 90% of the land is communally owned. Economic activity is strongly linked to the US with which American Samoa conducts most of its commerce. Tuna fishing and tuna processing plants are the backbone of the private sector with canned tuna the primary export. The two tuna canneries accounted for 13.1% of employment in 2013. In late September 2009, an earthquake and the resulting tsunami devastated American Samoa and nearby Samoa, disrupting transportation and power generation, and resulting in about 200 deaths. The US Federal Emergency Management Agency oversaw a relief program of nearly $25 million. Transfers from the US Government add substantially to American Samoa's economic well-being. Attempts by the government to develop a larger and broader economy are restrained by Samoa's remote location, its limited transportation, and its devastating hurricanes. Tourism is a promising developing sector. In 2015, a new fish processing company completed refurbishing the processing facilities left behind by one of the two canneries that closed in 2009 and opened a new cannery. With two operating canneries once again, fish processing and exports will rise in 2015 and beyond.

GDP (purchasing power parity):
$711 million (2013 est.) $718 million (2012 est.) $647 million (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 207
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GDP (official exchange rate):
$748.6 million (2005)
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GDP - real growth rate:
-2.4% (2013 est.) -2.7% (2012 est.) 0.6% (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 209
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GDP - per capita (PPP):
$13,000 (2013 est.) $13,100 (2012 est.) $11,700 (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 119
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GDP - composition, by end use:
household consumption: 54.6%
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government consumption: 52.8%
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investment if fixed capital: 2.7%
investment in inventories: 2.3%
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exports of goods and services: 54.4%
[see also: GDP - composition, by end use - exports of goods and services country ranks ]
imports of goods and services: -66.8% (2012)
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GDP - composition, by sector of origin:
agriculture: 27.4%
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industry: 12.4%
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services: 60.2% (2012)
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Agriculture - products:
bananas, coconuts, vegetables, taro, breadfruit, yams, copra, pineapples, papayas; dairy products, livestock

Industries:
tuna canneries (largely supplied by foreign fishing vessels), handicrafts

Industrial production growth rate:
NA%
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Labor force:
16,090 (2013)
country comparison to the world: 215
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Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture: NA
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industry: 13.1%
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services: 86.9% (2013)
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Unemployment rate:
29.8% (2005)
country comparison to the world: 185
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Population below poverty line:
NA%
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Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: NA%
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highest 10%: NA%
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Budget:
revenues: $241.2 million
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expenditures: $243.7 million (2013 est.)
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Taxes and other revenues:
32.2% of GDP (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 78
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Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-):
-0.3% of GDP (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 35
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Fiscal year:
1 October - 30 September

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
2.1% (2013) 3.5% (2012)
country comparison to the world: 115
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Exports:
$459 million (2013 est.) $489 million (2012)
country comparison to the world: 175
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Exports - commodities:
canned tuna 93%

Exports - partners:
US 100%

Imports:
$564 million (2013 est.) $508 million (2012)
country comparison to the world: 191
[see also: Imports country ranks ]

Imports - commodities:
raw materials for canneries, food, petroleum products, machinery and parts

Debt - external:
$NA
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Exchange rates:
the US dollar is used

NOTE: The information regarding American Samoa on this page is re-published from the 2016 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of American Samoa Economy 2016 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about American Samoa Economy 2016 should be addressed to the CIA.




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