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General Information

Region		Polynesia
Population (000, 2024)		218^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2024)		77^a
Capital city		Apia
Capital city pop. (000, 2024)		36.1^c
UN membership date		15 December 1976
Surface area (km2)		2 842^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		101.4^a
National currency		Tala (WST)
Exchange rate (per US$)		2.7^d

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2024
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	826	829	857^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	6.1	-10.1	~0.0^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	4 055.4	3 857.8	3 854.9^b
Economy: Agriculture^e,f (% of Gross Value Added)	9.2	11	11.9^b
Economy: Industry^f,g (% of Gross Value Added)	16.2	12.4	11.9^b
Economy: Services and other activity^h (% of GVA)	74.6	76.6	76.2^b
Employment in agricultureⁱ (% of employed)	24.9	20.9	20.1^b
Employment in industryⁱ (% of employed)	15.3	16	16.3^b
Employment in servicesⁱ (% employed)	59.9	63.1	63.6^b
Unemploymentⁱ (% of labour force)	8.9	10.4	9.3
Labour force participation rateⁱ (female/male pop. %)	41.2 / 66.9	40.7 / 66.0	41.3 / 67.3
CPI: Consumer Price Index^i,j (2010=100)	108	116	143^d
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	89	79	83^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	59	37ⁱ	42^i,d
International trade: imports (million current US$)	371	313ⁱ	468^i,d
International trade: balance (million current US$)	-312	-276ⁱ	-426^i,d
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	-13	-76	47^d

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Population growth rate (average annual %)	0.9	1	0.6^a
Urban population (% of total population)	18.9	18.1^k	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	-0.4^l	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	4.3	4	3.8^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	73.2 / 69.0	72.9 / 68.8	73.8 / 70.0^a
Population age distribution^m (0-14/60+ years old, %)	38.1 / 7.4	38.6 / 8.3	38.5 / 9.2^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	4.3 / 2.2ⁿ	4.0 / 2.0ⁿ	... / ...
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	...	~0.0	0^d
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	18.5	17.5	15.2^a
Health: Current expenditure^o (% of GDP)	6.2	6.2	6.8^i,p
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	0.5^q	0.6	0.5^p
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	4.9	4.8	...
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	105.0 / 105.9	102.3 / 103.2	103.9 / 104.3^b
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	98.3 / 102.6	103.8 / 101.6	99.5 / 98.3^b
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	83.0 / 71.5	81.9 / 72.3^r	... / ...
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	3^q	6.2^c	...
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	6.1	10^s	13^s

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Individuals using the Internetⁱ (per 100 inhabitants)	25.4	70	75.3^b
Threatened species (number)	90	100	123^d
Forested area (% of land area)	58	58.2	58^p
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	0.2 / 1.1	0.2 / 1.1ⁱ	0.2 / 1.1^i,p
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	2	2	2^i,p
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	24	24ⁱ	24^i,p
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	128	23	49^b
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	47	47.1	47.1^d
Pop. using safely managed drinking water (urban/rural, %)	88.6 / 55.4	90.2 / 56.0	90.2 / 56.2^b
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural, %)	40.1 / 48.4	37.3 / 45.5	36.7 / 44.3^b
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	12.16	21.49	10.92^p

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2022
c		2018
d		2023
e		Excludes irrigation canals and landscaping care.
f		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
g		Excludes publishing activities. Includes irrigation canals.
h		Includes publishing activities and landscape care. Excludes repair of personal and household goods.
i		Estimate.
j		Excluding rent.
k		2019
l		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
m		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
n		Including refugees.
o		Data refer to fiscal years beginning 1 July.
p		2021
q		2013
r		2016
s		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.