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Samoa (Western)

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Capital:	Apia
Area size (Land only):	2830 sq. km Slightly larger than Luxembourg
Time zone:	GMT -12
Currency:	Tal
Area code:	(+) 685
Driving:	Right
Climate description:	Tropical, tempered by sea winds

People

Standard of living

Economy & aid

Health

Disasters, conflict & migration

Language
Samoan and English are the official languages.
Source: New Internationalist World Guide

Population

2009	0.2 million	U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2009)
2007	0.2 million	U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2006)
2006	0.2 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2005	0.2 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2004	0.2 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2003	0.2 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2002	0.2 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2001	0.2 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2000	0.2 million	U.N. DESA (2006)

Future population estimates
0.2 million (2050)
Source: U.N. DESA (2009)

Ethnic groups
Samoans are mostly Polynesian (93 percent), with about 10 percent Euronesians of mixed Polynesian and European descent.
Source: NI World Guide

Religion
Congregationalist 47 percent, Roman Catholic 22 percent, Methodist 15 percent, Mormon 9 percent
Source: NI World Guide

Percentage urban population

2007	22.7 percent	U.N. DESA - World Urbanisation Prospects 2005
2006	22.6 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2005	22.4 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2004	22.3 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2003	22.2 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2002	22.1 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2001	22.0 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2000	21.9 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)

Year women granted right to vote
1948
Source: U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) Human Development Report
Where two figures are shown, the first refers to a partial recognition of the right to vote and the second to the year women received the right to vote on a universal and equal basis.

Net percentage of girls enrolled in primary education
No data available (2006)

Percentage of population under 15

2005	40.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	40.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	41 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	40.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	40.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	41.2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Average life expectancy

2005	70.8 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	70.5 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	70.2 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	69.8 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	69.5 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	69.2 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Life expectancy - male

2005	67.8 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	67.5 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	67.2 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	66.8 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	66.5 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	66.2 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Life expectancy - female

2005	74.2 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	73.9 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	73.7 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	73.3 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	73.0 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	72.8 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Infant mortality

2007	22 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2006	23 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005	24 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2007
2004	25 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003	19 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	20 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	20 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	21 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Child mortality - deaths before the age of five

2007	27 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2006	28 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005	29 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2007
2004	30 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2000	26 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Births attended by skilled personnel

1997-2005	100 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
1996-2004	100 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
1995-2003	100 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1995-2002	100 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1995-2001	100 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
1995-2000	100 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Maternal mortality

2005	No data available per 100,000 live births
2000	130 per 100,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006

Human development index (HDI rank)

2005	77	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	75	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	74	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	75	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	70	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	101	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Percentage of children under weight for age (under age 5)
No data available percent

Percentage of undernourished population

2003-2005	<5 percent	U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 2008
2002-2004average	4 percent	U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 2006
2001-2003average	4 percent	FAO 2006
1999-2001average	No data available percent
1998-2000average	No data available percent

Food intake falls below the minimum requirement.

Population with access to improved water

2006	88 percent	UNICEF and WHO 2008
2004	88 percent	UNICEF and World Health Organisation (WHO) 2006
2002	88 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2000	99 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004

Population with access to improved sanitation

2006	100 percent	UNICEF and WHO 2008
2004	100 percent	UNICEF and WHO 2006
2002	100 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005

Literacy - average

2004	No data available percent
2003	98.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	98.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	98.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	80.2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Literacy - male

2004	No data available percent
2003	98.9 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	98.9 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	98.9 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	81.2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Literacy - female

2004	No data available percent
2003	98.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	98.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	98.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	79.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Landlines telephones

2007	105 per 1,000 people	International Telecommunication Union (ITU) 2008
2006	105 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2005	105 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2004	89 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2003	73 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2002	65 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2001	54 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2000	48 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008

Cellular telephone subscribers

2007	460 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2006	254 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2005	130 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2004	87 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2003	58 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2002	15 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2001	14 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2000	14 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008

Internet users

2007	45 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2006	45 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2005	32 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2004	30 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2003	27 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2002	22 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2001	17 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2000	6 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008

Transparency International corruption ranking (Scale: 1 = least corrupt, >175 = most corrupt)

2008	62 (joint)	Transparency International 2008
2007	57 (joint)	Transparency International 2007
2006	Not ranked

Signatory of International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment for the crime of Genocide
No (1948)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
No (1984)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Yes (1989)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

International humanitarian aid flows
Access the Financial Tracking Service, a global real-time database which records all reported humanitarian aid - including that for NGOs, the Red Cross/Crescent Movement, bilateral aid, in-kind aid and private donations - searchable by country.
Source: Financial Tracking Service, ReliefWeb

Percentage of population living on less than US$1 a day
No data available percent

GNI per capita, Atlas method

2006	2270 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2005	2030 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2004	1770 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2003	1510 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2002	1450 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2001	1420 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2000	1390 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009

The purpose of the Atlas conversion factor is to reduce the impact of exchange rate fluctuations in a cross-country comparison of national incomes. The Atlas conversion factor for any year is the average of a country's exchange rate (or alternative conversion factor) for that year and its exchange rates for the two preceding years.

GDP

2007	0.5 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2006	0.4 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2005	0.4 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2004	0.4 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2003	0.3 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2002	0.3 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2001	0.2 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2000	0.2 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009

Annual GDP growth

2006	2.3 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2005	5.4 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2004	3.2 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2003	1.6 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2002	4.4 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2001	7.1 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2000	7.0 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

Annual inflation

2006	5.2 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2005	4.4 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2004	5.5 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2003	4.5 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2002	-1.2 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2001	2.3 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2000	2.8 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

Share of income or consumption (poorest 10 percent)
No data available

Share of income or consumption (richest 10 percent)
No data available

Physicians

2000-2004	No data available per 100,000 people
1990-2004	70 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
1990-2003	34 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1990-2002	70 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

Percentage HIV+ (adults aged 15-49)
No data available percent

Malaria
No risk
Source: WHO

TB cases

2007	19 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2006	19 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2005	20 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2004	21 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2003	21 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2002	22 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2001	23 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2000	23 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009

Chronology of natural disasters
Access EM-DAT, a database of natural disasters from 1900 to the present - death tolls and numbers of affected people - searchable by country.
Source: Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium

Number of refugees originating here

2007	2	UNHCR
2006	3	Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Number of refugees residing here
No data available

Number of internally displaced people\Estimate

	No data available

No data available

Landmine casualties per year

2004	0	Landmine Monitor Report 2005
2003	0	Landmine Monitor Report 2004

Casualty figures may include both civilians and military personnel injured or killed by landmines and unexploded ordnance.
Signatory to landmine convention?
Yes (1997 )
Source: Landmine Monitor Report

Percentage of GDP spent on military
No data available percent

Percentage of GDP spent on education

2002-2005	4.5 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2002-2004	4.3 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2000-2002	4.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1999-2001	4.5 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1998-2000	4.2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

Percentage of GDP spent on health

2004	4.1 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2003-2004	4.3 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2002	4.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2001	4.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2000	3.9 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

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