| GDP : |
purchasing power parity - $500 million (2000 est.) |
| GDP - Per Capita : |
purchasing power parity - $8,000 (2000 est.) |
| GDP - Composition By Sector : |
agriculture: NA
industry: NA
services: NA |
| Labor Force : |
14,000 (1996) |
| Labor Force - By Occupation : |
tuna canneries 34%, government 33%, other 33% (1990) |
| Budget : |
revenues: $121 million (37% in local revenue and 63% in US grants)
expenditures: $127 million, including capital expenditures of NA (FY96/97) |
| Industries : |
tuna canneries (largely supplied by foreign fishing vessels), handicrafts |
| Electricity - Production : |
130 million kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Production by Source : |
fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001) |
| Electricity - Consumption : |
120.9 million kWh (2001) |
| Agriculture - Products : |
bananas, coconuts, vegetables, taro, breadfruit, yams, copra, pineapples, papayas; dairy products, livestock |
| Exports : |
$30 million (2002) |
| Exports - Commodities : |
canned tuna 93% |
| Exports - Partners : |
Samoa 30%, Canada 20%, Japan 20%, Australia 10%, New Zealand 10%, South Korea 10% (2003 est.) |
| Imports : |
$123 million (2002) |
| Imports - Commodities : |
materials for canneries 56%, food 8%, petroleum products 7%, machinery and parts 6% |
| Imports - Partners : |
Australia 23.2%, New Zealand 23.2%, South Korea 21.4%, Mauritius 6.3% (2003 est.) |
| Economic Aid - Recipient : |
important financial support from the US, more than $40 million in 1994 |
| Currency : |
US dollar (USD) |
| Currency Code : |
USD |
| Exchange Rates : |
the US dollar is used |
| Fiscal Year : |
1 October - 30 September |
