American Samoa: Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (% of GDP)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2022, American Samoa's households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) fell 8.97 percentage points on 2021 (from 80.27% to 71.3%).

Across the 19 yearly changes before that (2003 to 2021), the average change was +1.02 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 5.68 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.8 standard deviations below 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 11.02 percentage points in 2010 and the biggest yearly fall was 13.72 percentage points in 2009. 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 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.77 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 31% of the movement over 10 observed years.

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

How it compares

See how every economy compares in the full ranking.

Closest to American Samoa in the 2022 ranking

• Syrian Arab Republic — 1st of 6: 114.25%
• Virgin Islands (US) — 3rd of 6: 68.94%
• Northern Mariana Islands — 4th of 6: 66.24%
• Guam — 5th of 6: 59.91%

What this measures

This field includes expenditure on goods and services by the Household and NPISH sector for the direct satisfaction of human needs or wants, whether individual or collective. 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.

Limitations: Because policymakers have tended to focus on fostering the growth of output, and because data on production are easier to collect than data on spending, many countries generate their primary estimate of GDP using the production approach. Moreover, many countries do not estimate all the components of national expenditures but instead derive some of the main aggregates indirectly using GDP (based on the production approach) as the control total. Household final consumption expenditure is often estimated as a residual, by subtracting all other known expenditures from GDP. The resulting aggregate may incorporate fairly large discrepancies.

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

All 21 values

Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) in nearby economies

• Australia — 51.85% (2025)
• Brunei Darussalam — 29.31% (2025)
• Cambodia — 58.25% (2025)
• China — 39.97% (2024)
• Fiji — 70.38% (2024)
• French Polynesia — 73.7% (2024)
• Guam — 59.91% (2022)
• Hong Kong SAR, China — 66.21% (2025)
• Indonesia

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 households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (% of GDP)?

71.3% in 2022, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2002?

It is up 10.36 percentage points from 60.94% in 2002. The highest value was 80.27% in 2021 and the lowest 58.96% in 2009.

Is the latest change in households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) unusual for American Samoa?

In 2022, American Samoa's households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) fell 8.97 percentage points on 2021 (from 80.27% to 71.3%). Across the 19 yearly changes before that (2003 to 2021), the average change was +1.02 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 5.68 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.8 standard deviations below 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.CON.PRVT.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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