Economy - overview:
The economy of Samoa has traditionally been dependent on development aid, family remittances from overseas, tourism, agriculture, and fishing. It has a nominal GDP of $780 million. Agriculture, including fishing, employs roughly two-thirds of the labor force and furnishes 90% of exports, featuring fish, coconut oil, nonu products, and taro. The manufacturing sector mainly processes agricultural products. One factory in the Foreign Trade Zone employs 1,000 people to make automobile electrical harnesses for an assembly plant in Australia, and is responsible for 65% of total exports. Industry accounts for nearly 15% of GDP while employing less than 6% of the work force. The service sector accounts for nearly three-quarters of GDP and employs approximately 50% of the labor force. Tourism is an expanding sector accounting for 25% of GDP; 132,000 tourists visited the islands in 2013. The country is vulnerable to devastating storms. In late September 2009, an earthquake and the resulting tsunami severely damaged Samoa, and nearby American Samoa, disrupting transportation and power generation, and resulting in about 200 deaths. In December 2012, extensive flooding and wind damage from Tropical Cyclone Evan killed four people, displaced over 6,000, and damaged or destroyed an estimated 1,500 homes in Samoa's Upolu Island. The Samoan Government has called for deregulation of the financial sector, encouragement of investment, and continued fiscal discipline, while at the same time protecting the environment. Foreign reserves are in a relatively healthy state and inflation is low, but the external debt is approximately 55% of GDP. Samoa became the 155th member of the WTO in May 2012, and graduated from least developed country (LDC) status in January 2014.

GDP (purchasing power parity):
$1.033 billion (2015 est.) $1.007 billion (2014 est.) $987.9 million (2013 est.)
note: data are in 2015 US dollars
country comparison to the world: 204
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GDP (official exchange rate):
$867 million (2015 est.)
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GDP - real growth rate:
2.6% (2015 est.) 1.9% (2014 est.) -1.1% (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 116
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GDP - per capita (PPP):
$5,400 (2015 est.) $5,200 (2014 est.) $5,200 (2013 est.)
note: data are in 2015 US dollars
country comparison to the world: 164
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GDP - composition, by sector of origin:
agriculture: 10.9%
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industry: 28.3%
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services: 60.8% (2015 est.)
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Agriculture - products:
coconuts, nonu, bananas, taro, yams, coffee, cocoa

Industries:
food processing, building materials, auto parts

Industrial production growth rate:
-5% (2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 191
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Labor force:
49,180 (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 194
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Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture: 65%
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industry: NA%
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services: NA%
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Unemployment rate:
NA%
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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: $234.8 million
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expenditures: $234.8 million (2015 est.)
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Taxes and other revenues:
27.1% of GDP (2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 102
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Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-):
0% of GDP (2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 30
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Fiscal year:
June 1 - May 31

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
1.4% (2015 est.) -0.4% (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 80
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Commercial bank prime lending rate:
9.5% (31 December 2015 est.) 10% (31 December 2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 86
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Stock of narrow money:
$114.8 million (31 December 2015 est.) $113.8 million (31 December 2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 185
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Stock of broad money:
$366 million (31 December 2014 est.) $318.7 million (31 December 2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 187
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Stock of domestic credit:
$414.3 million (31 December 2015 est.) $371.4 million (31 December 2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 176
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Market value of publicly traded shares:
$NA
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Current account balance:
-$59 million (2015 est.) -$66 million (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 62
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Exports:
$24 million (2013 est.) $24 million (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 209
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Exports - commodities:
fish, coconut oil and cream, nonu, copra, taro, automotive parts, garments, beer

Exports - partners:
American Samoa 56.8%, Australia 18.3% (2014)

Imports:
$325.3 million (2013 est.) $325.3 million (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 195
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Imports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, industrial supplies, foodstuffs

Imports - partners:
Fiji 21.5%, NZ 20.5%, China 13.6%, South Korea 8.1%, Australia 5.9%, US 5.6%, Singapore 5.6% (2014)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$140.7 million (31 December 2014 est.) $170.7 million (31 December 2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 163
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Debt - external:
$447.2 million (31 December 2013 est.) $422.9 million (31 December 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 181
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Exchange rates:
tala (SAT) per US dollar - 2.56 (2015 est.) 2.33 (2014 est.) 2.33 (2013 est.) 2.29 (2012 est.) 2.32 (2011 est.)