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):

$510.1 million (2003 est.)

GDP (official exchange rate):

$333.8 million (2005)

GDP - real growth rate:

3% (2003 est.)

GDP - per capita (PPP):

$5,800 (2005 est.)

GDP - composition by sector:

agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%

Labor force:

17,630 (2005)

Labor force - by occupation:

agriculture: 34%
industry: 33%
services: 33% (1990)

Unemployment rate:

29.8% (2005)

Population below poverty line:

NA%

Household income or consumption by percentage share:

lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Budget:

revenues: $121 million (37% in local revenue and 63% in US grants)
expenditures: $127 million (FY96/97)

Fiscal year:

1 October - 30 September

Inflation rate (consumer prices):

NA%

Agriculture - products:

bananas, coconuts, vegetables, taro, breadfruit, yams, copra,
pineapples, papayas; dairy products, livestock

Industries:

tuna canneries (largely supplied by foreign fishing vessels),
handicrafts

Industrial production growth rate:

NA%

Electricity - production:

180 million kWh (2006 est.)

Electricity - consumption:

167.4 million kWh (2006 est.)

Electricity - exports:

0 kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity - imports:

0 kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity - production by source:

fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)

Oil - production:

0 bbl/day (2007 est.)

Oil - consumption:

4,053 bbl/day (2006 est.)

Oil - exports:

0 bbl/day (2005)

Oil - imports:

4,066 bbl/day (2005)

Oil - proved reserves:

0 bbl (1 January 2006 est.)

Natural gas - production:

0 cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:

0 cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - exports:

0 cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - imports:

0 cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - proved reserves:

0 cu m (1 January 2006 est.)

Exports:

$445.6 million (FY04 est.)

Exports - commodities:

canned tuna 93% (2004 est.)

Exports - partners:

Indonesia 28.2%, India 22.3%, Australia 15.3%, Japan 11.2%, NZ 7.1%
(2006)

Imports: