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Samoa

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Key facts

  • currency: Samoan tala
  • capital city: Apia
  • region: Polynesia
  • continent: Oceania
  • land area: 2,780 km²
  • population: 225,681 people
  • political leader: Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi (Prime Minister)
Classified as: place

Location on a map: [-13°58′S, -172°33′W]

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Summary

Samoa is a country. The capital city is Apia, located in the Polynesia region of Oceania. It has a land area of 2,780 km², a population of 225,681 people and uses the currency Samoan tala. The Prime Minister is Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi.

Environment

Samoa is one of the countries in Oceania, countries in Polynesia and 194 countries in our database.
  • Agricultural land: 494.10 km²
  • Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 0.36 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Fertility rate: 3.88 births per woman
  • Forest area: 1,611 km²
  • Fossil fuel energy consumption: 0.00 % of total
  • Greenhouse gas emissions (co2, ch4, n2o, hfcs, pfcs, sf6): 0.55 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Median age: 16.70
  • Methane emissions: 0.15 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Nitrous oxide emissions: 0.04 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Female population: 110,622 people
  • Male population: 115,059 people
  • Renewable energy consumption: 35.90 % of total final energy consumption
  • Rural land area: 2,817.36 km²
  • Rural population: 186,169 people
  • Urban land area: 46.68 km²
  • Urban population: 39,512 people
  • Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 1.39 % of total population

Geographical distribution of cities in Samoa by population

Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in Samoa

Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric, in Samoa

Evolution of historical net energy imports in Samoa

Evolution of historical fertility rate in Samoa

Samoa relationship between life expectancy at birth and fertility rate over time

Samoa relationship between median age and fertility rate over time

Evolution of historical forest area in Samoa

Samoa relationship between rural land area and forest area over time

Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in Samoa

Samoa relationship between renewable energy consumption and fossil fuel energy consumption over time

Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Samoa

Samoa relationship between urban land area and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time

Samoa relationship between urban land area and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Samoa relationship between urban population and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time

Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Samoa

Evolution of historical individuals using the Internet in Samoa

Evolution of historical land area in Samoa

Evolution of historical median age in Samoa

Evolution of historical methane emissions in Samoa

Samoa relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and methane emissions over time

Samoa relationship between population and methane emissions over time

Samoa relationship between rural population and methane emissions over time

Samoa relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and methane emissions over time

Samoa relationship between urban land area and methane emissions over time

Samoa relationship between urban population and methane emissions over time

Evolution of historical net migration in Samoa

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Samoa

Samoa relationship between population and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Samoa relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Samoa relationship between urban population and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Evolution of historical population in Samoa

Samoa relationship between urban land area and population over time

Evolution of historical female population in Samoa

Evolution of historical male population in Samoa

Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in Samoa

Evolution of historical rural land area in Samoa

Evolution of historical rural population in Samoa

Samoa relationship between urban land area and rural population over time

Evolution of historical urban land area in Samoa

Samoa relationship between urban population and urban land area over time

Evolution of historical urban population in Samoa

Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in Samoa

Samoa relationship between date and population over time

Samoa relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Evolution of historical agricultural land in Samoa

Samoa relationship between methane emissions and agricultural land over time

Samoa relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and agricultural land over time

Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Samoa

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Samoa

Samoa relationship between GDP and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Samoa relationship between methane emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Samoa relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Samoa relationship between urban land area and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Samoa relationship between urban population and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Evolution of historical access to electricity in Samoa

Samoa relationship between birth rate and access to electricity over time

Samoa relationship between fertility rate and access to electricity over time

Samoa relationship between life expectancy at birth and access to electricity over time

Samoa relationship between renewable energy consumption and access to electricity over time

Samoa relationship between self-employed workers and access to electricity over time

Samoa relationship between vulnerable employment and access to electricity over time

Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in Samoa

Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in Samoa

Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Samoa

Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in Samoa

Distribution of sites in Samoa by inscription year

Geographical distribution of sites in Samoa by area

Proportion of transboundary sites in Samoa

Geographical distribution of wildfires in Samoa by mean width

Relationship between width mean and length mean in Samoa

Cities in Samoa

Sites in Samoa

Wildfires in Samoa

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Business

  • Expense: 33.75 % of GDP
  • Gdp: 934,100,336.28 current US$
  • Inflation: 8.12 annual %
  • Self-employed workers: 35.17 % of total employment
  • Tax revenue: 25.02 % of GDP
  • Unemployment: 9.75 % of total labor force
  • Vulnerable employment: 30.20 % of total employment

Distribution of companies founded in Samoa by year

Evolution of historical central government debt in Samoa

Evolution of historical expense in Samoa

Evolution of historical GDP in Samoa

Samoa relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and GDP over time

Evolution of historical median inflation in Samoa

Evolution of historical proportion of self-employed workers in Samoa

Samoa relationship between vulnerable employment and self-employed workers over time

Evolution of historical tax revenue in Samoa

Evolution of historical unemployment in Samoa

Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in Samoa

Proportion of shops per country in Samoa

Companies from Samoa

Exchanges in Samoa

Shops in Samoa

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Health

  • Birth rate: 27.00 per 1,000 people
  • Death rate: 5.45 per 1,000 people
  • Health expenditure per capita: 263.89 current US$
  • Health expenditure: 6.80 % of GDP
  • Hospital beds: 1.00 per 1,000 people
  • Life expectancy at birth: 73
  • Suicide mortality rate: 12.60 per 100,000 population

Evolution of historical birth rate in Samoa

Samoa relationship between fertility rate and birth rate over time

Samoa relationship between life expectancy at birth and birth rate over time

Samoa relationship between self-employed workers and birth rate over time

Samoa relationship between vulnerable employment and birth rate over time

Samoa relationship between median age and birth rate over time

Evolution of historical death rate in Samoa

Samoa relationship between life expectancy at birth and death rate over time

Evolution of historical health expenditure per capita in Samoa

Evolution of historical health expenditure in Samoa

Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in Samoa

Evolution of historical hospital beds in Samoa

Evolution of historical life expectancy at birth in Samoa

Samoa relationship between self-employed workers and life expectancy at birth over time

Samoa relationship between vulnerable employment and life expectancy at birth over time

Evolution of historical suicide mortality rate in Samoa

Distribution of diseases by first founded year in Samoa

Proportion of diseases in Samoa by mortality rate

Distribution of diseases in Samoa by start date

Evolution of historical cases in Samoa

Evolution of historical deaths in Samoa

Relationship between deaths and cases over time in Samoa

Diseases in Samoa

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Politics

  • Democracy score: 0.00
  • Democracy type: Unknown
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 12.96 %

Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Samoa

Samoa relationship between methane emissions and armed forces personnel over time

Samoa relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and armed forces personnel over time

Samoa relationship between population and armed forces personnel over time

Samoa relationship between rural population and armed forces personnel over time

Samoa relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and armed forces personnel over time

Samoa relationship between urban land area and armed forces personnel over time

Samoa relationship between urban population and armed forces personnel over time

Evolution of historical military expenditure in Samoa

Evolution of the historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Samoa

Distribution of politicians from Samoa by birth year

Proportion of politicians per gender in Samoa

Political parties in Samoa

Politicians from Samoa

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Sports

Distribution of athletes from Samoa by birth year

Proportion of athletes per gender in Samoa

Proportion of competitions per city in Samoa

Proportion of competitions per country in Samoa

Distribution of competitions in Samoa by start date

Proportion of medals won by Samoa in the Olympics

Athletes from Samoa

Competitions in Samoa

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Culture

Distribution of artists from Samoa by birth year

Proportion of artists per gender in Samoa

Geographical distribution of museums in Samoa by visitors

Artists from Samoa

Museums in Samoa

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Research

Geographical distribution of universities in Samoa by total students

Distribution of universities in Samoa per foundation year

Universities in Samoa

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In literature

There are 15 books written about Samoa in the database

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Details

This dashboard is based on data from: SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders

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