Samoa
- Official Name:
- Independent State of Samoa (Samoa)
- Area:
- 2.944 km 2
- Population (2007):
- 214.265 inhabitants
- Coastline:
- 403 km
- Capital:
- Apia
- Maritime Ports and terminals:
- Apia
- Maritime claims:
-
- Territorial sea: 12 nm
- Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
- Contiguous zone: 24 nm
- Political divisions:
- 11 districts; A'ana, Aiga-i-le-Tai, Atua, Fa'asaleleaga, Gaga'emauga, Gagaifomauga, Palauli, Satupa'itea, Tuamasaga, Va'a-o-Fonoti, Vaisigano
- Language(s):
- Samoan (Polynesian), English
- National holiday:
- 1 January 1962 (from New Zealand-administered UN trusteeship)
- Nationality:
- Samoan(s)
- Official time:
- UTC-11.
- Member of:
- ACP, AsDB, C, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IOC, IPU, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, OPCW, PIF, Sparteca, SPC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)
- Internet country code:
- .ws
Economic Profile
- Currency:
-
Tala (SAT) - GDP - per capita (PPP):
- USD2.100 (2005 est.)
- GDP (official exchange rate):
- (2005 est.) USD 399.000.000
- PIB (Real growth rate:
- 5,5% (2005 est.)
- GDP (Composition by sector): (2004 est.)
-
- Agriculture: 11,4%
- Industry: 58,4%
- Services: 30,2%
- Labor force:
- 90.000 (2000 est.)
- Labor force - by occupation (1999):
-
- Agriculture ND
- Industry: ND
- Services ND
- Unemployment rate:
- ND
- Inflation rate (Consumer prices):
- 3.3% (2005)
- Investment (Gross Fixed):
- ND
- Budget:
-
- Revenues: USD 171.300.000
- Expenditures: USD 78.100.000
- Public debt:
- ND
- Current account balance:
- USD -2.428.000 (2004 est.)
- Exports:
- USD 94.000.000 FOB (2004 est.)
- Exports - Commodities:
- Fish, coconut oil and cream, copra, taro, automotive parts, garments, beer
- Exports - Partners:
- Australia 75,9%, American Samoa 13,6%, US 6,5% (2005)
- Imports:
- USD 285.000.000 FOB (2004 est.)
- Imports - Commodities:
- Machinery and equipment, industrial supplies, foodstuffs
- Imports - partners:
- NZ 31%, Australia 22,6%, US 13,5%, Japan 7,5%, Fiji 6%, China 4,6% (2005)
- Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
- USD 70.150.000 (2004 est.)
- Debt - external:
- USD 177.000.000 (2004)
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