| People | American Samoa |
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Economy - overview:
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American Samoa has a traditional Polynesian economy in which more than 90% of the land is communally owned. Economic activity is strongly linked to the US with which American Samoa conducts most of its commerce. Tuna fishing and tuna processing plants are the backbone of the private sector, with canned tuna the primary export. Transfers from the US Government add substantially to American Samoa's economic well being. Attempts by the government to develop a larger and broader economy are restrained by Samoa's remote location, its limited transportation, and its devastating hurricanes. Tourism is a promising developing sector.
note: as a territory of the US, American Samoa does not treat the US as an external trade partner |
GDP (purchasing power parity):
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$510.1 million (2003 est.) |
GDP (official exchange rate):
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$333.8 million (2005) |
GDP - real growth rate:
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3% (2003 est.) |
GDP - per capita (PPP):
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$5,800 (2005 est.) |
GDP - composition by sector:
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agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA% |
Investment (gross fixed):
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void |
Population below poverty line:
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NA% |
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
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lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA% |
Distribution of family income - Gini index:
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void |
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
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NA% |
Labor force:
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17,630 (2005) |
Labor force participation rate:
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30.66 % of population |
Labor force - by occupation:
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agriculture: 34%
industry: 33%
services: 33% (1990) |
Unemployment rate:
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29.8% (2005) |
Budget:
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revenues: $121 million (37% in local revenue and 63% in US grants)
expenditures: $127 million (FY96/97) |
Budget revenues per capita:
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2,105 USD per capita |
Public debt:
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void |
Industries:
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tuna canneries (largely supplied by foreign fishing vessels), handicrafts |
Industrial production growth rate:
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NA% |
Electricity - production:
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180 million kWh (2005) |
Electricity - production per capita:
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3,131 kWh per capita |
Electricity - consumption:
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167.4 million kWh (2005) |
Electricity - consumption - per capita:
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2,912 kWh per capita |
Electricity - exports:
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0 kWh (2005) |
Electricity - imports:
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0 kWh (2005) |
Oil - production:
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0 bbl/day (2005) |
Oil - production per capita:
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void |
Oil - consumption:
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4,000 bbl/day (2005 est.) |
Oil - consumption - per capita:
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25.39 bbl/year per capita |
Oil - exports:
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0 bbl/day (2004) |
Oil - imports:
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3,807 bbl/day (2004) |
Oil - proved reserves:
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0 bbl (1 January 2006 est.) |
Natural gas - production:
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0 cu m (2005 est.) |
Natural gas - production per capita:
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void |
Natural gas - consumption:
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0 cu m (2005 est.) |
Natural gas - consumption - per capita:
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void |
Natural gas - exports:
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0 cu m (2005 est.) |
Natural gas - imports:
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0 cu m (2005) |
Natural gas - proved reserves:
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0 cu m (1 January 2006 est.) |
Agriculture - products:
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bananas, coconuts, vegetables, taro, breadfruit, yams, copra, pineapples, papayas; dairy products, livestock |
Current account balance:
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void |
Current account balance - per capita:
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void |
Exports:
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$445.6 million (FY04 est.) |
Exports per capita:
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7,751 USD per capita |
Exports - commodities:
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canned tuna 93% (2004 est.) |
Exports - partners:
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Indonesia 28.2%, India 22.3%, Australia 15.3%, Japan 11.2%, NZ 7.1% (2006) |
Imports:
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$308.8 million (FY04 est.) |
Imports per capita:
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5,371 USD per capita |
Imports - commodities:
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materials for canneries 56%, food 8%, petroleum products 7%, machinery and parts 6% (2004 est.) |
Imports - partners:
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Australia 66%, Samoa 13.8%, NZ 10.8% (2006) |
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
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void |
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold - per capita:
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void |
Debt - external:
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$NA |
Debt - external - per capita:
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void |
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:
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void |
Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:
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void |
Market value of publicly traded shares:
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void |
Economic aid - donor:
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void |
Economic aid - recipient:
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important financial support from the US, more than $40 million in 1994 |
Economic aid - recipient per capita:
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696 USD per capita |
Currency (code):
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US dollar (USD) |
Exchange rates:
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the US dollar is used |
Fiscal year:
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1 October - 30 September |
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