Samoa's gross domestic savings (current LCU) was 310.11 million in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 0.38% from 311.29 million in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 310.11 million | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 308.35 million | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 311.29 million | 2015 |
| Highest | 461.44 million | 2019 |
| Lowest | -166.8 million | 2022 |
| Average since 2016 | 254.91 million | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 180.76 million |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Samoa's gross domestic savings (current LCU) rose 69.85 million on 2024 (from 240.26 million to 310.11 million).
Across the 15 yearly changes before that (2010 to 2024), the average change was +3.97 million and a typical year strayed about 135.03 million from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 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 210.73 million in 2023 and the biggest yearly fall was 243.25 million 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 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is downward, about 39.19 million a year. A straight line explains 32% 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
In 2025, Samoa had the 121st highest value of the 132 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
Closest to Samoa in the 2025 ranking
- Tunisia — 117th of 132: 835 million
- El Salvador — 118th of 132: 832.25 million
- Kosovo — 119th of 132: 475.42 million
- Montenegro — 121st of 132: 105.1 million
- West Bank and Gaza — 122nd of 132: -1.31 billion
- Namibia — 123rd of 132: -1.49 billion
What this measures
Gross domestic savings are calculated as GDP less final consumption expenditure (total consumption). This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.
All 17 values
| Year | Gross domestic savings (current LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 310,110,600 |
| 2024 | 240,262,800 |
| 2023 | 43,935,500 |
| 2022 | -166,796,900 |
| 2021 | 65,095,600 |
| 2020 | 308,346,300 |
| 2019 | 461,437,600 |
| 2018 | 429,091,700 |
| 2017 | 416,899,500 |
| 2016 | 440,714,800 |
| 2015 |
Gross domestic savings (current LCU) in nearby economies
- Australia — 694.63 billion (2025)
- Brunei Darussalam — 9.21 billion (2025)
- Cambodia — 74.27 trillion (2025)
- China — 58.4 trillion (2024)
- Fiji — 1.45 billion (2024)
- French Polynesia — -39.85 billion (2024)
- Hong Kong SAR, China — 706.95 billion (2025)
- Indonesia — 8,870.47 trillion (2025)
- Japan — 169.88 trillion (2024)
- Kiribati — -326.7 million (2024)
More economic policy & debt data for Samoa
- Grants, excluding technical cooperation (BoP, current US$) — US$114.41 million (2023)
- Technical cooperation grants (BoP, current US$) — US$14.69 million (2023)
- Net official development assistance and official aid received (current US$) — US$117.17 million (2023)
- Net official development assistance and official aid received (constant 2023 US$) — US$117.17 million (2023)
- Net official development assistance received (current US$) — US$117.17 million (2023)
- Net official development assistance received (constant 2023 US$) — US$117.17 million (2023)
- Net ODA received per capita (current US$) — US$540.81 (2023)
- Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — US$598.34 million (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Samoa's gross domestic savings (current LCU)?
- 310.11 million in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2009?
- It is up 71.56% from 180.76 million in 2009 (3.43% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 461.44 million in 2019 and the lowest -166.8 million in 2022.
- How does Samoa rank?
- 121st highest of 132 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in gross domestic savings (current LCU) unusual for Samoa?
- In 2025, Samoa's gross domestic savings (current LCU) rose 69.85 million on 2024 (from 240.26 million to 310.11 million). Across the 15 yearly changes before that (2010 to 2024), the average change was +3.97 million and a typical year strayed about 135.03 million from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NY.GDS.TOTL.CN, 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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