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American Samoa
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ANNUAL ECONOMIC SNAPSHOT
Population & economic scale
The most recent non-empty observations returned by the World Bank when this snapshot was collected. Read the year on each card: these are annual statistics, not live measurements.
World Bank reporting entity: American Samoa · 3 of 3 indicators available.
Population
46,029
people
observation
Definition, value & source
Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.
Received value: 46029 people. The main card rounds for readability.
- Collected
- Oct 7, 2026
- Dataset update reported by API
- Jul 13, 2026; separate from the observation year
World Bank indicator ↗ · API record ↗
World Bank, World Development Indicators. CC BY 4.0. Underlying sources: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), uri: https://population.un.org/wpp/, publisher: UN Population Division; Statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), uri: https://unstats.un.org/home/nso_sites/, publisher: National Statistical Offices; Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, Eurostat (ESTAT), uri: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/data/database?node_code=earn_ses_monthly, publisher: Eurostat; Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), United Nations (UN), uri: https://unstats.un.org, publisher: UN Statistics Division
GDP
$871 million
current US$
observation · older available record
Definition, value & source
Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
Received value: 871000000 current US$. The main card rounds for readability.
- Collected
- Oct 7, 2026
- Dataset update reported by API
- Jul 13, 2026; separate from the observation year
World Bank indicator ↗ · API record ↗
World Bank, World Development Indicators. CC BY 4.0. Underlying sources: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB)
GDP per capita
$18,017
current US$ per person
observation · older available record
Definition, value & source
Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. The core indicator has been divided by the general population to achieve a per capita estimate.This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
Received value: 18017.4589383973 current US$ per person. The main card rounds for readability.
- Collected
- Oct 7, 2026
- Dataset update reported by API
- Jul 13, 2026; separate from the observation year
World Bank indicator ↗ · API record ↗
World Bank, World Development Indicators. CC BY 4.0. Underlying sources: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB)
GDP and GDP per capita use current US dollars, without an inflation or purchasing-power-parity adjustment. Source years can differ. Missing data is not zero; earlier archive figures below are retained as a separate historical reference.
THE REFERENCE FILE
American Samoa at a glance
These are historical reference facts from the 2025 World Factbook archive. Each estimate keeps its own period; an archive edition does not make every figure a measurement from that year.
Government type
unincorporated, unorganized Territory of the US with local self-government; republican form of territorial government with separate executive, legislative, and judicial branches
Population
total: 43,268 (2025 est.) male: 21,478 female: 21,790
Area
total : 224 sq km land: 224 sq km water: 0 sq km note: includes Rose Atoll and Swains Island
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)
$658 million (2016 est.) $674.9 million (2015 est.) $666.9 billion (2014 est.) note: data are in 2016 dollars
GDP (official exchange rate)
$871 million (2022 est.) note: data in current dollars at official exchange rate
Real GDP growth rate
1.7% (2022 est.) -0.8% (2021 est.) 4.4% (2020 est.) note: annual GDP % growth based on constant local currency
Budget
revenues: $249 million (2016 est.) expenditures: $262.5 million (2016 est.)
Exports
$409 million (2022 est.) $332 million (2021 est.) $427 million (2020 est.) note: GDP expenditure basis - exports of goods and services in current dollars
Imports
$677 million (2022 est.) $694 million (2021 est.) $686 million (2020 est.) note: GDP expenditure basis - imports of goods and services in current dollars
Internet users
percent of population: 40.3% (1990 est.)
THE HISTORICAL REFERENCE LIBRARY
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Location
Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about halfway between Hawaii and New Zealand
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Capital
name: Pago Pago geographic coordinates: 14 16 S, 170 42 W time difference: UTC-11 (6 hours behind Washington, DC, during Standard Time) note: pronounced PAHN-go PAHN-go
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Economic overview
tourism, tuna, and government services-based territorial economy; sustained economic decline; vulnerable tuna canning industry; large territorial government presence; minimum wage increases to rise to federal standards by 2036
2036 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Natural resources
pumice, pumicite
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Agricultural products
bananas, coconuts, vegetables, taro, breadfruit, yams, copra, pineapples, papayas; dairy products, livestock
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Industries
tuna canneries (largely supplied by foreign fishing vessels), handicrafts
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Exports - partners
Australia 31%, UK 18%, Tanzania 9%, UAE 7%, Senegal 6% (2023) note: top five export partners based on percentage share of exports
2023 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Exports - commodities
animal meal, aluminum, refined petroleum, gas turbines, broadcasting equipment (2023) note: top five export commodities based on value in dollars
2023 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Imports - partners
Singapore 28%, NZ 15%, Fiji 14%, Taiwan 11%, Malaysia 11% (2023) note: top five import partners based on percentage share of imports
2023 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Imports - commodities
refined petroleum, fish, paper containers, wood, construction vehicles (2023) note: top five import commodities based on value in dollars
2023 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Climate
tropical marine, moderated by southeast trade winds; annual rainfall averages about 3 m; rainy season (November to April), dry season (May to October); little seasonal temperature variation
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Terrain
five volcanic islands with rugged peaks and limited coastal plains, two coral atolls (Rose Atoll, Swains Island)
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Land use
agricultural land: 14.8% (2023 est.) arable land: 5.2% (2023 est.) permanent crops: 9.6% (2023 est.) permanent pasture: 0% (2023 est.) forest: 79.2% (2023 est.) other: 6% (2023 est.)
2023 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Natural hazards
cyclones common from December to March volcanism: limited volcanic activity on the Ofu and Olosega Islands; neither has erupted since the 19th century
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Languages
Samoan 87.9% (closely related to Hawaiian and other Polynesian languages), English 3.3%, Tongan 2.1%, other Pacific Islander 4.1%, Asian languages 2.1%, other 0.5% (2020 est.) note: most people are bilingual
2020 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Religions
Christian 98.3%, other 1%, unaffiliated 1% (2020 est.)
2020 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Age structure
0-14 years: 25.3% (male 5,738/female 5,387) 15-64 years: 66% (male 14,291/female 14,679) 65 years and over: 8.7% (2024 est.) (male 1,775/female 2,025)
2024 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Urbanization
urban population: 87.2% of total population (2023) rate of urbanization: 0.26% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
2023, 2020 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Life expectancy at birth
total population: 75.8 years (2024 est.) male: 73.4 years female: 78.5 years
2024 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Electricity
installed generating capacity: 50,000 kW (2023 est.) consumption: 157.697 million kWh (2023 est.) transmission/distribution losses: 13.975 million kWh (2023 est.)
2023 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Electricity generation sources
fossil fuels: 97.1% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) solar: 2.9% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)
2023 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Petroleum
refined petroleum consumption: 3,000 bbl/day (2023 est.)
2023 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Carbon dioxide emissions
389,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.) from petroleum and other liquids: 389,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
2023 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Telephones - mobile cellular
total subscriptions: 2,250 (2004 est.) subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 4 (2004 est.)
2004 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Airports
3 (2025)
2025 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Ports
total ports: 1 (2024) large: 0 medium: 0 small: 1 very small: 0 ports with oil terminals: 1 key ports: Pago Pago Harbor
2024 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
CURRENCY OBSERVATIONS
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- Country reference
- CIA World Factbook · 2025 archive
- Archive retrieved
- Oct 6, 2026 · retrieval date, not an observation period
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- Rate observations
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