American Samoa: GDP (constant 2015 US$)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2022, American Samoa's GDP (constant 2015 US$) rose 1.7% on 2021 (from US$651.42 million to US$662.73 million).

Across the 19 yearly changes before that (2003 to 2021), the average change was −0.7% and a typical year strayed about 2.9% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.8 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 4.4% in 2020 and the biggest yearly fall was 7% in 2017. 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 less than 1% 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

• Guam — 2nd of 5: US$5.72 billion
• Virgin Islands (US) — 3rd of 5: US$3.9 billion
• Northern Mariana Islands — 4th of 5: US$896.76 million

What this measures

Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. This indicator is expressed in constant prices, meaning the series has been adjusted to account for price changes over time. The reference year for this adjustment is 2015. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.

Limitations: Each industry's contribution to growth in the economy's output is measured by growth in the industry's value added. In principle, value added in constant prices can be estimated by measuring the quantity of goods and services produced in a period, valuing them at an agreed set of base year prices, and subtracting the cost of intermediate inputs, also in constant prices. This double-deflation method requires detailed information on the structure of prices of inputs and outputs. In many industries, however, value added is extrapolated from the base year using single volume indexes of outputs or, less commonly, inputs.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a gap-filled total.

All 21 values

GDP (constant 2015 US$) in nearby economies

• Australia — US$1.69 trillion (2025)
• Brunei Darussalam — US$13.77 billion (2025)
• Cambodia — US$40.58 billion (2025)
• China — US$19.4 trillion (2025)
• Fiji — US$5.69 billion (2025)
• French Polynesia — US$5.87 billion (2024)
• Guam — US$5.72 billion (2022)
• Hong Kong SAR, China — US$348.33 billion (2025)
• Indonesia — US$1.3 trillion (2025)
• Japan — US$4.76 trillion (2025)
• Kiribati — US$287.8 million (2025)
• Korea, Rep.

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 GDP (constant 2015 US$)?

US$662.73 million in 2022, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2002?

It is down 11.03% from US$744.92 million in 2002 (0.58% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$755.2 million in 2004 and the lowest US$615.46 million in 2017.

Is the latest change in GDP (constant 2015 US$) unusual for American Samoa?

In 2022, American Samoa's GDP (constant 2015 US$) rose 1.7% on 2021 (from US$651.42 million to US$662.73 million). Across the 19 yearly changes before that (2003 to 2021), the average change was −0.7% and a typical year strayed about 2.9% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.8 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Where does this data come from?

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NY.GDP.MKTP.KD, 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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