American Samoa: Exports of goods and services (annual % growth)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2022, American Samoa's exports of goods and services (annual % growth) rose 30.39 percentage points on 2021 (from -27.33% to 3.06%).

Across the 18 yearly changes before that (2004 to 2021), the average change was −1.41 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 17.85 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.8 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 35.34 percentage points in 2018 and the biggest yearly fall was 37.6 percentage points in 2021. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2013 to 2022 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 5% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

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Closest to American Samoa in the 2022 ranking

• Northern Mariana Islands — 1st of 5: 323.91%
• Guam — 2nd of 5: 150.27%
• Syrian Arab Republic — 3rd of 5: 30.69%
• Virgin Islands (US) — 5th of 5: -18.95%

What this measures

Exports of goods includes changes in the economic ownership of goods from residents of the compiling economy to non-residents, irrespective of physical movement of goods across national borders. Exports of services includes services provided by residents to non-residents. This indicator denotes the percentage change over each previous year of the constant price (base year 2015) series in United States dollars.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 20 values

Exports of goods and services (annual % growth) in nearby economies

• Australia — 0.79% (2025)
• Brunei Darussalam — -4.12% (2025)
• Cambodia — 14.6% (2025)
• Guam — 150.27% (2022)
• Hong Kong SAR, China — 11.18% (2025)
• Indonesia — 7.03% (2025)
• Japan — 0.91% (2024)
• Kiribati — -20.88% (2024)
• Korea, Rep. — 4.22% (2025)
• Lao PDR

More economic policy & debt data for American Samoa

• Adjusted savings, education expenditure (% of GNI) — 11.76% (2021)
• Adjusted savings, mineral depletion (current US$) — US$0 (2021)
• Adjusted savings, carbon dioxide damage (current US$) — US$17.65 million (2021)
• Adjusted savings, energy depletion (current US$) — US$0 (2021)
• Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure per capita, PPP (constant 2021 international $) — 12,688 (2022)
• Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$621 million (2022)
• Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 621 million (2022)
• Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure, linked series (current LCU)

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Questions people ask

What is American Samoa's exports of goods and services (annual % growth)?

3.06% in 2022, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2003?

It is up 5.02 percentage points from -1.95% in 2003. The highest value was 13.43% in 2018 and the lowest -27.33% in 2021.

Is the latest change in exports of goods and services (annual % growth) unusual for American Samoa?

In 2022, American Samoa's exports of goods and services (annual % growth) rose 30.39 percentage points on 2021 (from -27.33% to 3.06%). Across the 18 yearly changes before that (2004 to 2021), the average change was −1.41 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 17.85 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.8 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.EXP.GNFS.KD.ZG, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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