Nominal GDP
$1.29B
current US$ · 2025
World Bank
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Economy Snapshot
Samoa Economy and Trade
ApiaLocal time
GDP $1.29B · real growth 4.2% · latest verified annual data
Samoa records $1.29B of nominal GDP in the 2025 observation used here, while real GDP growth is 4.2% in 2025. For household-scale context, GDP per capita is $5,873 in 2025, while consumer-price inflation is 2.2% in 2025. Each measure keeps its own reference period below, avoiding a false same-year comparison between series released on different schedules.
GDP per capita
$5,873
current US$ · 2025
Source listed below
Real GDP growth
4.2%
annual % · 2025
Source listed below
Inflation
2.2%
CPI annual % · 2025
Source listed below
Samoa at a Glance
Each measure keeps its actual reference year and definition.
Output trend
Nominal GDP · annual observations · current US$ · World Bank
2015: $824.15M2016: $843.92M2017: $884.84M2018: $878.45M2019: $912.95M2020: $868.88M2021: $859.72M2022: $889.55M2023: $1.04B2024: $1.18B2025: $1.29B
GDP per capita$5,873
Real growth4.2%
GDP year2025
2025 Inflation
2.2%
CPI annual %
2025 Unemployment
5.0%
labor-market measure
2025 GDP per capita
$5,873
current US$
Macro signals
Available measures are shown with their reported reference periods.
Macro signals
World Bank annual observations
Real growth20254.2%
Unemployment20255.0%
Inflation20252.2%
Understand the numbers
What Samoa's economic profile is telling you
Samoa's economy expanded by 4.2 percent in 2025, with nominal GDP of about $1.29 billion. Inflation was 2.2 percent and modeled unemployment 5.0 percent. Merchandise trade is left unavailable rather than combining unmatched observations.
Reading the macro data
Nominal GDP measures current-dollar size. Real growth, inflation and unemployment describe different economic conditions and can have different reference years.
Reading the trade data
Merchandise trade covers goods. A balance appears only when exports and imports have a verified matching year and currency basis.
Detailed Economic Data
| Indicator | Samoa | Reference period | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| GDPcurrent US$ | $1.29B | 2025 | Actual |
| GDP per capitacurrent US$ | $5,873 | 2025 | Actual |
| Real GDP growthannual % | 4.2% | 2025 | Actual |
| InflationCPI annual % | 2.2% | 2025 | Actual |
| Unemploymentmodeled ILO estimate | 5.0% | 2025 | Estimate |
| Merchandise balancematched year required | Not calculated | Unavailable | Unavailable |
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Samoa's latest GDP?
The verified GDP observation used here is $1.29B for 2025.
What does merchandise trade show for Samoa?
A matched merchandise export and import pair was not independently resolved on this page, so no goods balance is calculated.
Sources & methodology
Sources for the economic indicators and definitions shown above.
View sources used for this page
Core macroeconomic indicators with explicit reference years.
Official data: GDP · GDP per capita · Real growth · Inflation · Unemployment
Matched-year merchandise trade where independently resolved.
Official data: WTO economy profiles