Samoa
Independent State of Samoa
- Region
- Oceania · Polynesia
- Capital
- Apia
- Population
- 219,306 (2025)
- Government
- parliamentary republic
- Currency
- Samoan tālā (WST)
- Official languages
- English, Samoan
- Spoken languages
- Samoan (Polynesian) (official) 91.1%, Samoan/English 6.7%, English (official) 0.5%, other 0.2%, unspecified 1.6% (2006 est.)
- Written scripts
- Latin
- Area
- 2,842 km²
- Coastline
- Coastal
- UN member
- Yes
- Affiliations
- IMF, WCO, WTO
Political stability
87 / 100
Economic stability
69 / 100
Population stability
43 / 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
- refined petroleum, integrated circuits, coconut oil, fish, insulated wire (2023)
- Key imports
- refined petroleum, poultry, cars, plastic products, milk (2023)
- Natural resources
- hardwood forests, fish, hydropower
- Primary route
- Feeder services to New Zealand and U.S. West Coast
- Secondary route
- Regional inter-island connections via Fiji and Tahiti
Trade research
- WTO trade profile — tariffs, trade in goods and services, top partners
- World Bank country data — GDP, trade share of GDP, logistics indicators
- OEC trade profile — export/import composition and partners, visualized
- ITC Trade Map — detailed trade statistics by product (ITC/UN Comtrade)
- CIA World Factbook — geography, economy, transportation infrastructure
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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.