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| + Added | Communications.Broadcast media.text |
— | 3 TV stations; multi-channel pay TV services are available; about a dozen radio stations, some of which are repeater stations |
| + Added | Communications.Internet country code.text |
— | .as |
| + Added | Communications.Internet users.percent of population.text |
— | 40.3% (1990 est.) |
| + Added | Communications.Telephones - fixed lines.subscriptions per 100 inhabitants.text |
— | 20 (2022 est.) |
| + Added | Communications.Telephones - fixed lines.total subscriptions.text |
— | 9,690 (2022 est.) |
| + Added | Communications.Telephones - mobile cellular.subscriptions per 100 inhabitants.text |
— | 4 (2004 est.) |
| + Added | Communications.Telephones - mobile cellular.total subscriptions.text |
— | 2,250 (2004 est.) |
| + Added | Economy.Agricultural products.text |
— | bananas, coconuts, vegetables, taro, breadfruit, yams, copra, pineapples, papayas; dairy products, livestock |
| + Added | Economy.Budget.expenditures.text |
— | $262.5 million (2016 est.) |
| + Added | Economy.Budget.revenues.text |
— | $249 million (2016 est.) |
| + Added | Economy.Economic overview.text |
— | tourism, tuna, and government services-based territorial economy; sustained economic decline; vulnerable tuna canning industry; large territorial government presence; minimum wage increases to rise to federal standards … |
| + Added | Economy.Exchange rates.text |
— | the US dollar is used |
| + Added | Economy.Exports - commodities.note |
— | note: top five export commodities based on value in dollars |
| + Added | Economy.Exports - commodities.text |
— | animal meal, aluminum, refined petroleum, gas turbines, broadcasting equipment (2023) |
| + Added | Economy.Exports - partners.note |
— | note: top five export partners based on percentage share of exports |
| + Added | Economy.Exports - partners.text |
— | Australia 31%, UK 18%, Tanzania 9%, UAE 7%, Senegal 6% (2023) |
| + Added | Economy.Exports.Exports 2020.text |
— | $427 million (2020 est.) |
| + Added | Economy.Exports.Exports 2021.text |
— | $332 million (2021 est.) |
| + Added | Economy.Exports.Exports 2022.text |
— | $409 million (2022 est.) |
| + Added | Economy.Exports.note |
— | note: GDP expenditure basis - exports of goods and services in current dollars |
| + Added | Economy.GDP (official exchange rate).note |
— | note: data in current dollars at official exchange rate |
| + Added | Economy.GDP (official exchange rate).text |
— | $871 million (2022 est.) |
| + Added | Economy.Imports - commodities.note |
— | note: top five import commodities based on value in dollars |
| + Added | Economy.Imports - commodities.text |
— | refined petroleum, fish, paper containers, wood, construction vehicles (2023) |
| + Added | Economy.Imports - partners.note |
— | note: top five import partners based on percentage share of imports |
| + Added | Economy.Imports - partners.text |
— | Singapore 28%, NZ 15%, Fiji 14%, Taiwan 11%, Malaysia 11% (2023) |
| + Added | Economy.Imports.Imports 2020.text |
— | $686 million (2020 est.) |
| + Added | Economy.Imports.Imports 2021.text |
— | $694 million (2021 est.) |
| + Added | Economy.Imports.Imports 2022.text |
— | $677 million (2022 est.) |
| + Added | Economy.Imports.note |
— | note: GDP expenditure basis - imports of goods and services in current dollars |
| + Added | Economy.Industries.text |
— | tuna canneries (largely supplied by foreign fishing vessels), handicrafts |
| + Added | Economy.Real GDP (purchasing power parity).Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2014.text |
— | $666.9 billion (2014 est.) |
| + Added | Economy.Real GDP (purchasing power parity).Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2015.text |
— | $674.9 million (2015 est.) |
| + Added | Economy.Real GDP (purchasing power parity).Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2016.text |
— | $658 million (2016 est.) |
| + Added | Economy.Real GDP (purchasing power parity).note |
— | note: data are in 2016 dollars |
| + Added | Economy.Real GDP growth rate.Real GDP growth rate 2020.text |
— | 4.4% (2020 est.) |
| + Added | Economy.Real GDP growth rate.Real GDP growth rate 2021.text |
— | -0.8% (2021 est.) |
| + Added | Economy.Real GDP growth rate.Real GDP growth rate 2022.text |
— | 1.7% (2022 est.) |
| + Added | Economy.Real GDP growth rate.note |
— | note: annual GDP % growth based on constant local currency |
| + Added | Energy.Electricity generation sources.fossil fuels.text |
— | 97.1% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) |
| + Added | Energy.Electricity generation sources.solar.text |
— | 2.9% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) |
| + Added | Energy.Electricity.consumption.text |
— | 157.697 million kWh (2023 est.) |
| + Added | Energy.Electricity.installed generating capacity.text |
— | 50,000 kW (2023 est.) |
| + Added | Energy.Electricity.transmission/distribution losses.text |
— | 13.975 million kWh (2023 est.) |
| + Added | Energy.Energy consumption per capita.Total energy consumption per capita 2019.text |
— | 89.105 million Btu/person (2019 est.) |
| + Added | Energy.Petroleum.refined petroleum consumption.text |
— | 3,000 bbl/day (2023 est.) |
| + Added | Environment.Carbon dioxide emissions.from petroleum and other liquids.text |
— | 389,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.) |
| + Added | Environment.Carbon dioxide emissions.total emissions.text |
— | 389,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.) |
| + Added | Environment.Climate.text |
— | tropical marine, moderated by southeast trade winds; annual rainfall averages about 3 m; rainy season (November to April), dry season (May to October); little seasonal temperature variation |
| + Added | Environment.Environmental issues.text |
— | limited supply of drinking water; pollution; waste disposal; coastal and stream alteration; soil erosion |
| + Added | Environment.Land use.agricultural land.text |
— | 14.8% (2023 est.) |
| + Added | Environment.Land use.agricultural land: arable land.text |
— | arable land: 5.2% (2023 est.) |
| + Added | Environment.Land use.agricultural land: permanent crops.text |
— | permanent crops: 9.6% (2023 est.) |
| + Added | Environment.Land use.agricultural land: permanent pasture.text |
— | permanent pasture: 0% (2023 est.) |
| + Added | Environment.Land use.forest.text |
— | 79.2% (2023 est.) |
| + Added | Environment.Land use.other.text |
— | 6% (2023 est.) |
| + Added | Environment.Urbanization.rate of urbanization.text |
— | 0.26% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| + Added | Environment.Urbanization.urban population.text |
— | 87.2% of total population (2023) |
| + Added | Environment.Waste and recycling.municipal solid waste generated annually.text |
— | 19,000 tons (2024 est.) |
| + Added | Geography.Area - comparative.text |
— | slightly larger than Washington, D.C. |
| + Added | Geography.Area.land.text |
— | 224 sq km |
| + Added | Geography.Area.note |
— | note: includes Rose Atoll and Swains Island |
| + Added | Geography.Area.total .text |
— | 224 sq km |
| + Added | Geography.Area.water.text |
— | 0 sq km |
| + Added | Geography.Climate.text |
— | tropical marine, moderated by southeast trade winds; annual rainfall averages about 3 m; rainy season (November to April), dry season (May to October); little seasonal temperature variation |
| + Added | Geography.Coastline.text |
— | 116 km |
| + Added | Geography.Elevation.highest point.text |
— | Lata Mountain 964 m |
| + Added | Geography.Elevation.lowest point.text |
— | Pacific Ocean 0 m |
| + Added | Geography.Geographic coordinates.text |
— | 14 20 S, 170 00 W |
| + Added | Geography.Geography - note.text |
— | Pago Pago has one of the best natural deepwater harbors in the South Pacific Ocean, sheltered by shape from rough seas and protected by peripheral mountains from high winds; strategic location in the South Pacific Ocean |
| + Added | Geography.Irrigated land.text |
— | 0 sq km (2022) |
| + Added | Geography.Land boundaries.total.text |
— | 0 km |
| + Added | Geography.Land use.agricultural land.text |
— | 14.8% (2023 est.) |
| + Added | Geography.Land use.agricultural land: arable land.text |
— | arable land: 5.2% (2023 est.) |
| + Added | Geography.Land use.agricultural land: permanent crops.text |
— | permanent crops: 9.6% (2023 est.) |
| + Added | Geography.Land use.agricultural land: permanent pasture.text |
— | permanent pasture: 0% (2023 est.) |
| + Added | Geography.Land use.forest.text |
— | 79.2% (2023 est.) |
| + Added | Geography.Land use.other.text |
— | 6% (2023 est.) |
| + Added | Geography.Location.text |
— | Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about halfway between Hawaii and New Zealand |
| + Added | Geography.Map references.text |
— | Oceania |
| + Added | Geography.Maritime claims.exclusive economic zone.text |
— | 200 nm |
| + Added | Geography.Maritime claims.territorial sea.text |
— | 12 nm |
| + Added | Geography.Natural hazards.text |
— | cyclones common from December to March volcanism: limited volcanic activity on the Ofu and Olosega Islands; neither has erupted since the 19th century |
| + Added | Geography.Natural resources.text |
— | pumice, pumicite |
| + Added | Geography.Terrain.text |
— | five volcanic islands with rugged peaks and limited coastal plains, two coral atolls (Rose Atoll, Swains Island) |
| + Added | Government.Administrative divisions.text |
— | no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US government, but 3 districts and 2 islands* are considered second-order; Eastern, Manu'a, Rose Island*, Swains Island*, Western |
| + Added | Government.Capital.geographic coordinates.text |
— | 14 16 S, 170 42 W |
| + Added | Government.Capital.name.text |
— | Pago Pago |
| + Added | Government.Capital.note |
— | note: pronounced PAHN-go PAHN-go |
| + Added | Government.Capital.time difference.text |
— | UTC-11 (6 hours behind Washington, DC, during Standard Time) |
| + Added | Government.Citizenship.text |
— | see United States note: in accordance with US Code Title 8, Section 1408, persons born in American Samoa are US nationals but not US citizens |
| + Added | Government.Constitution.amendment process.text |
— | proposed by either house of the Legislative Assembly; passage requires three-fifths majority vote by the membership of each house, approval by simple majority vote in a referendum, approval by the US Secretary of the In… |
| + Added | Government.Constitution.history.text |
— | adopted 17 October 1960; revised 1 July 1967 |
| + Added | Government.Country name.abbreviation.text |
— | AS |
| + Added | Government.Country name.conventional long form.text |
— | American Samoa |
| + Added | Government.Country name.conventional short form.text |
— | American Samoa |
| + Added | Government.Country name.etymology.text |
— | the name's meaning is disputed; according to one theory, sa means "sacred" and moa means "center," so the name can mean "Holy Center"; alternatively, some assert that the name can mean "place of the sacred moa bird" of … |
| + Added | Government.Country name.former.text |
— | Eastern Samoa |
| + Added | Government.Dependency status.text |
— | unincorporated, unorganized Territory of the US; administered by the Office of Insular Affairs, US Department of the Interior |
| + Added | Government.Diplomatic representation from the US.embassy.text |
— | none (territory of the US) |
| + Added | Government.Diplomatic representation in the US.text |
— | none (territory of the US) |
| + Added | Government.Executive branch.cabinet.text |
— | Cabinet consists of 12 department directors appointed by the governor with the consent of the Legislature or Fono |
| + Added | Government.Executive branch.chief of state.text |
— | President Donald J. TRUMP (since 20 January 2025) |
| + Added | Government.Executive branch.election results.text |
— | Lemanu Peleti MAUGA elected governor in first round; percent of vote - Lemanu Peleti MAUGA (independent) 60.3%, Gaoteote Palaie TOFAU (independent) 21.9%, I'aulualo Fa'afetai TALIA (independent) 12.3% |
| + Added | Government.Executive branch.election/appointment process.text |
— | president and vice president indirectly elected on the same ballot by an Electoral College of 'electors' chosen from each state to serve a 4-year term (eligible for a second term); under the US Constitution, residents o… |
| + Added | Government.Executive branch.expected date of next election.text |
— | November 2028 |
| + Added | Government.Executive branch.head of government.text |
— | Governor Nikolao PULA (since 3 January 2025) |
| + Added | Government.Executive branch.most recent election date.text |
— | 19 November 2024 |
| + Added | Government.Flag.text |
— | description: a large white triangle edged in red is based on the right side and extends to the left side, and it is on a dark blue field; a bald eagle holding a Samoan war club (fa'alaufa'i) and a coconut-fiber fly whis… |
| + Added | Government.Government type.text |
— | unincorporated, unorganized Territory of the US with local self-government; republican form of territorial government with separate executive, legislative, and judicial branches |
| + Added | Government.Independence.text |
— | none (territory of the US) |
| + Added | Government.International organization participation.text |
— | AOSIS (observer), Interpol (subbureau), IOC, PIF (observer), SPC |
| + Added | Government.Judicial branch.highest court(s).text |
— | High Court of American Samoa (consists of the chief justice, associate chief justice, and 6 Samoan associate judges and organized into trial, family, drug, and appellate divisions) |
| + Added | Government.Judicial branch.judge selection and term of office.text |
— | chief justice and associate chief justice appointed by the US Secretary of the Interior to serve for life; Samoan associate judges appointed by the governor to serve for life |
| + Added | Government.Judicial branch.note |
— | note: American Samoa has no US federal courts |
| + Added | Government.Judicial branch.subordinate courts.text |
— | district and village courts |
| + Added | Government.Legal system.text |
— | mixed legal system of US common law and customary law |
| + Added | Government.Legislative branch.note |
— | note: American Samoa elects 1 member by simple majority popular vote to serve a 2-year term as a delegate to the US House of Representatives; the delegate can vote when serving on a committee and when the House meets as… |
| + Added | Government.National anthem(s).history.text |
— | official anthem, as a US territory |