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Samoa

East Asia & Pacific · Upper middle income · capital Apia

Reports 20 of 21 indicators tracked here.

Every figure below is the most recent year this country reported — the years differ, sometimes by a decade. Nothing is interpolated or carried forward.

Health

Life expectancy

2024 · 2 years old

71.8years

Ranks 139 of 217 in 2024

4% below world median · about the same East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Under-5 mortality

2024 · 2 years old

14.9per 1,000 live births

Ranks 98 of 196 in 2024

about the same world median · 13% below East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 196 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Maternal mortality

2023 · 3 years old

101per 100,000 live births

Ranks 130 of 194 in 2023

1.1× above world median · 23% above East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 194 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Child stunting

2019 · 7 years old

7.3% of under-5s

Ranks 12 of 46 in 2019

51% below world median · 59% below East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 46 countries reporting in 2019 — not a published figure

Health spending

2023 · 3 years old

6.78% of GDP

Not ranked — no better end

7% above world median

Medians computed across 192 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Fertility rate

2024 · 2 years old

3.80births per woman

Not ranked — no better end

1.0× above world median

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Education

Adult literacy

2019 · 7 years old

98.0% of adults 15+

Ranks 12 of 56 in 2019

6% above world median · 3% above East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 56 countries reporting in 2019 — not a published figure

Primary enrolment

2024 · 2 years old

101.0% gross

Ranks 55 of 134 in 2024

about the same world median · about the same East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 134 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Education spending

2024 · 2 years old

5.46% of GDP

Ranks 11 of 40 in 2024

28% above world median · 19% above East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 40 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Economy

GDP per capita

2025 · 1 year old

5,873current US$

Ranks 110 of 186 in 2025

25% below world median · 12% below East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 186 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

GDP per capita (PPP)

2025 · 1 year old

9,319international $

Ranks 130 of 185 in 2025

54% below world median · 43% below East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 185 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Extreme poverty

2013 · 13 years old

4.5% of population

Ranks 56 of 77 in 2013

2.8× above world median · 48% above East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 77 countries reporting in 2013 — not a published figure

Income inequality (Gini)

2013 · 13 years old

38.7index, 0–100

Ranks 49 of 77 in 2013

7% above world median · about the same East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 77 countries reporting in 2013 — not a published figure

Unemployment

2025 · 1 year old

5.0% of labour force

Ranks 86 of 182 in 2025

about the same world median · 64% above East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Inflation

2025 · 1 year old

2.2% per year

Not ranked — no better end

27% below world median

Medians computed across 165 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Infrastructure

Electricity access

2024 · 2 years old

100.0% of population

Ranks 1 of 215 in 2024

about the same world median · about the same East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 215 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Safe drinking water

2024 · 2 years old

62.5% of population

Ranks 99 of 148 in 2024

23% below world median · about the same East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 148 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Internet use

2014 · 12 years old

21.2% of population

Ranks 140 of 201 in 2014

54% below world median · 40% below East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 201 countries reporting in 2014 — not a published figure

Environment

CO₂ per person

2024 · 2 years old

1.60t CO₂e per person

Not ranked — no better end

37% below world median

Medians computed across 203 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Society

Population

2025 · 1 year old

219.3kpeople

Not ranked — no better end

97% below world median

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Never reported

Samoa has no figure in this dataset for Military spending. That is an absence of measurement, not a value of zero.

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved into this site's own database; see methodology.