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American Samoa

Flag of American Samoa
Region
Oceania · Polynesia
Capital
Pago Pago
Population
46,029 (2025)
Government
unincorporated, unorganized Territory of the US with local self-government; republican form of territorial government with separate executive, legislative, and judicial branches
Currency
United States dollar (USD)
Official languages
English, Samoan
Spoken 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.)
Written scripts
Latin
Area
199 km²
Coastline
Coastal
UN member
No

Political stability

87 / 100

Economic stability

64 / 100

Population stability

4 / 100

0–100, higher is more stable. Political: World Bank governance score. Economic: government effectiveness, regulatory quality, and inflation proximity to 2% (World Bank). Population: stability of growth and net migration rates (World Bank).

Trade profile

Key exports
animal meal, aluminum, refined petroleum, gas turbines, broadcasting equipment (2023)
Key imports
refined petroleum, fish, paper containers, wood, construction vehicles (2023)
Natural resources
pumice, pumicite
Primary route
Feeder services to New Zealand and U.S. West Coast
Secondary route
Regional inter-island connections via Fiji and Tahiti

Trade research

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Sources: mledoze/countries (ODbL), CIA World Factbook (public domain), World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), flag-icons (MIT). Stability scores are xin.bz composites of the cited World Bank indicators; routes and commodity notes are xin.bz assessments. Informational only — verify with official sources.