Samoa

Samoa's GDP per capita of US$5,873 ranks 117th in the world, but it falls 20 places to 137th on a PPP basis because local prices are high. With 219,306 people, the economy held 185th place in 2025, between Vanuatu and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

US$ GDP rose 9.5% to US$1.3 billion, while real growth was +4.2%; most of the dollar gain was exchange-rate and price effects, not output. Services make up 72.1% of output, industry 10.2% and agriculture 9.1%, with manufacturing at 4.9%. Inflation stood at 2.2% and unemployment at 5.0%, while government gross debt is 21.2% of GDP.

The dollar economy has grown 5.0 times since 2000, when it measured US$259 million and ranked 186th. It is smaller than any U.S. metro area, at 51% of the size of Eagle Pass, TX. The IMF projects GDP of US$1.7 billion by 2030, a +29% rise that would lift it to 177th.