East Asia & Pacific · High income
American Samoa: the economy in numbers
Per person: $18,017. Population: 46,029 (2025).
GDP in 2022, current US dollars.
GDP
Adjusted for US inflation, in 2025 dollars: $917 million in 2002, $959 million in 2022.
GDP per capita
In 2025 dollars: $16,073 per person in 2002, $19,837 in 2022.
Real GDP growth
Average over 2013–2022: 0.1% a year. Years of falling GDP since 2003: 10 of 20.
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)
Population
1960: 20,133 · 2025: 46,029.
Life expectancy at birth
1960: 65.1 years · 2024: 73.0 years.
Exports of goods and services
2002: 101.2% · 2022: 47.0%.
Data by year
Show the year-by-year table
| Year | GDP | GDP per capita | Real growth | Population | Life expectancy | Exports, % GDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46K | |||||
| 2024 | 46.8K | 73.0 | ||||
| 2023 | 47.5K | 72.9 | ||||
| 2022 | $871M | $18,017 | 1.7% | 48.3K | 72.8 | 47.0% |
| 2021 | $750M | $15,236 | −0.8% | 49.2K | 72.7 | 44.3% |
| 2020 | $721M | $14,489 | 4.4% | 49.8K | 72.7 | 59.2% |
| 2019 | $647M | $12,886 | −0.5% | 50.2K | 72.8 | 61.7% |
| 2018 | $639M | $12,552 | 2.7% | 50.9K | 72.8 | 68.2% |
| 2017 | $612M | $11,864 | −7.0% | 51.6K | 72.8 | 59.2% |
| 2016 | $671M | $12,843 | −1.7% | 52.2K | 72.6 | 63.9% |
| 2015 | $673M | $12,727 | 3.1% | 52.9K | 72.7 | 63.6% |
| 2014 | $643M | $12,026 | 1.8% | 53.5K | 72.7 | 66.7% |
| 2013 | $638M | $11,814 | −2.5% | 54K | 72.8 | 71.8% |
| 2012 | $640M | $11,745 | −4.3% | 54.5K | 72.7 | 75.5% |
| 2011 | $570M | $10,383 | 0.0% | 54.9K | 72.7 | 58.8% |
| 2010 | $573M | $10,375 | 0.3% | 55.2K | 72.6 | 63.5% |
| 2009 | $675M | $12,156 | −4.2% | 55.5K | 70.8 | 78.5% |
| 2008 | $560M | $10,031 | −2.7% | 55.8K | 72.4 | 114.5% |
| 2007 | $518M | $9,231 | 1.9% | 56.1K | 72.4 | 97.5% |
| 2006 | $493M | $8,745 | −4.1% | 56.4K | 72.4 | 100.4% |
| 2005 | $500M | $8,831 | −0.4% | 56.6K | 72.4 | 99.6% |
| 2004 | $509M | $8,958 | 0.4% | 56.8K | 72.3 | 90.4% |
| 2003 | $524M | $9,198 | 1.0% | 57K | 71.7 | 97.9% |
| 2002 | $512M | $8,973 | 57.1K | 71.8 | 101.2% | |
| 2001 | 57.1K | 71.6 | ||||
| 2000 | 56.9K | 71.4 | ||||
| 1999 | 56.2K | 71.5 | ||||
| 1998 | 55.3K | 71.5 | ||||
| 1997 | 54.4K | 71.6 | ||||
| 1996 | 53.4K | 71.6 | ||||
| 1995 | 52.3K | 71.6 | ||||
| 1994 | 51.3K | 71.6 | ||||
| 1993 | 50.2K | 71.5 | ||||
| 1992 | 49K | 71.5 | ||||
| 1991 | 47.9K | 71.3 | ||||
| 1990 | 46.6K | 71.1 | ||||
| 1989 | 45.2K | 70.9 | ||||
| 1988 | 43.6K | 70.9 | ||||
| 1987 | 42.1K | 70.8 | ||||
| 1986 | 40.6K | 70.7 | ||||
| 1985 | 39.1K | 70.5 | ||||
| 1984 | 37.7K | 70.3 | ||||
| 1983 | 36.3K | 70.2 | ||||
| 1982 | 34.9K | 70.0 | ||||
| 1981 | 33.6K | 69.7 | ||||
| 1980 | 32.4K | 69.4 | ||||
| 1979 | 31.6K | 69.1 | ||||
| 1978 | 31.1K | 68.9 | ||||
| 1977 | 30.5K | 68.7 | ||||
| 1976 | 30K | 68.5 | ||||
| 1975 | 29.4K | 68.3 | ||||
| 1974 | 28.9K | 68.0 | ||||
| 1973 | 28.4K | 67.6 | ||||
| 1972 | 28K | 67.2 | ||||
| 1971 | 27.5K | 66.8 | ||||
| 1970 | 27K | 66.4 | ||||
| 1969 | 26.4K | 66.0 | ||||
| 1968 | 25.6K | 65.8 | ||||
| 1967 | 24.9K | 65.8 | ||||
| 1966 | 24.1K | 58.3 | ||||
| 1965 | 23.4K | 66.0 | ||||
| 1964 | 22.7K | 66.1 | ||||
| 1963 | 22K | 66.2 | ||||
| 1962 | 21.3K | 66.0 | ||||
| 1961 | 20.7K | 65.6 | ||||
| 1960 | 20.1K | 65.1 |
e: IMF estimate; f: IMF forecast.
Nearby economies in East Asia & Pacific
Nearest by distance between capitals, with GDP per capita.
American Samoa · Australia · Brunei · Cambodia · China · Fiji · French Polynesia · Guam · Hong Kong · Indonesia · Japan · Kiribati · Laos · Macao · Malaysia · Marshall Islands · Micronesia · Mongolia · Myanmar · Nauru · New Caledonia · New Zealand · North Korea · Northern Mariana Islands · Palau · Papua New Guinea · Philippines · Samoa · Singapore · Solomon Islands · South Korea · Thailand · Timor-Leste · Tonga · Tuvalu · Vanuatu · Vietnam
Rankings
GDP by country · GDP per capita · Real GDP growth · Inflation by country · Government debt to GDP · Stock market to GDP · Population by country · Unemployment by country
Data and methods
- GDP: gross domestic product in current US dollars, converted from the local currency at market exchange rates (World Bank); not adjusted for inflation.
- Purchasing power parity (PPP): GDP per person in international dollars, which buy the same basket of goods and services in every country. It compares living standards across countries in the same year; it is not adjusted for inflation over time.
- In 2025 dollars: the charts can remove US inflation (US consumer price index, annual average) so that dollar amounts from different years compare in today's money. Exchange rate swings still show.
- Growth and inflation: World Bank data (calendar years). Years the World Bank does not cover yet, and the estimates and forecasts, come from the IMF World Economic Outlook (October 2026): its forecasts start in 2026, and the years after a country's last actual year are IMF estimates.
- Government debt: gross debt of the general government (central, state and local government and social security funds) as a percentage of GDP, IMF. The World Bank's central government debt is narrower and covers fewer countries.
- Stock market capitalization: the end-of-year value of domestic companies listed on the country's exchanges (World Federation of Exchanges via the World Bank; before 2016, Standard & Poor's), as a percentage of GDP: the “Buffett indicator”. Investment funds are excluded, and so are companies listed only abroad; companies from elsewhere that list on an exchange count for its country (Hong Kong lists many mainland Chinese companies).
- Unemployment: ILO modeled estimates (share of the labor force); comparable across countries, but they may differ from national figures.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)