American Samoa: Gross fixed capital formation, private sector (% of GDP)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2022, American Samoa's gross fixed capital formation, private sector (% of GDP) fell 4.45 percentage points on 2021 (from 10.53% to 6.08%).

Across the 19 yearly changes before that (2003 to 2021), the average change was +0.32 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.5 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 3.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 2.95 percentage points in 2010 and the biggest yearly fall was 4.45 percentage points in 2022. 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 26% 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 — 2nd of 6: 10.68%
• Burkina Faso — 3rd of 6: 10.21%
• Virgin Islands (US) — 4th of 6: 9.59%
• Syrian Arab Republic — 6th of 6: 2.99%

What this measures

Private investment covers outlays by the private sector (including private nonprofit agencies) on additions to its fixed domestic assets. Gross fixed capital formation includes acquisitions less disposals of fixed assets during the accounting period, including certain specified expenditures on services that add to the value of non-produced assets. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.

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

All 21 values

Gross fixed capital formation, private sector (% of GDP) in nearby economies

• Australia — 20.34% (2025)
• Brunei Darussalam — 25.57% (2025)
• China — 33.48% (2023)
• Guam — 29.13% (2022)
• Hong Kong SAR, China — 10.97% (2025)
• Korea, Rep. — 23.85% (2025)
• Lao PDR — 21.15% (2016)
• Macao SAR, China — 7.3% (2025)
• Malaysia — 16.45% (2025)

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 gross fixed capital formation, private sector (% of GDP)?

6.08% in 2022, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2002?

It is up 1.59 percentage points from 4.49% in 2002. The highest value was 11.2% in 2014 and the lowest 4.49% in 2002.

Is the latest change in gross fixed capital formation, private sector (% of GDP) unusual for American Samoa?

In 2022, American Samoa's gross fixed capital formation, private sector (% of GDP) fell 4.45 percentage points on 2021 (from 10.53% to 6.08%). Across the 19 yearly changes before that (2003 to 2021), the average change was +0.32 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.5 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 3.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.GDI.FPRV.ZS, 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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