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American Samoa

East Asia & Pacific·High income

Population
47.5K
203rd of 217
GDP
$871M
204th of 214 · 2022
GDP per capita
$18,017
78th of 214 · 2022
Life expectancy
72.9
126th of 217
Benchmarked againstAmerican SamoaPalauFrench PolynesiaNorthern Mariana IslandsNauru

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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

Area
224 km²
Languages
Samoan 87.9% (closely related to Hawaiian and other Polynesian languages), English 3.3%…
Resources
pumice, pumicite

Score card

A · Top quartileB · Above medianC · Below medianD · Bottom quartile
Topic
ASM
PLW
PYF
MNP

GDP

current US$

$871M

GDP per capita

current US$

B

GDP growth

annual %

C

Inflation

GDP deflator, annual %

D

Merchandise trade

% of GDP

117.7%

Population

people

47.5K

Population density

people per km²

241.7

Urban population

% of total

87.2%

Life expectancy

years at birth

C

Fertility rate

births per woman

2.3

Net migration

people

-1,110

Population under 15

% of total

27%

Population 65+

% of total

8%

Education expenditure

% of GDP

14.7%

Safe drinking water

% of population

B

Mobile subscriptions

per 100 people

D

Secure internet servers

per 1M people

C

Electricity per capita

kWh

3,575.6

Electricity generation

TWh

0.2

Renewable electricity

% of generation

D

Fossil electricity

% of generation

D

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