Samoa's gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP) was 28.78% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 6.07 percentage points from 34.85% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 28.78% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 32.58% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 34.85% | 2015 |
| Highest | 39.34% | 2012 |
| Lowest | 7.09% | 2013 |
| Average since 2016 | 31.32% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 31.57% | 2009 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Samoa's gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP) rose 0.96 percentage points on 2024 (from 27.82% to 28.78%).
Across the 15 yearly changes before that (2010 to 2024), the average change was −0.25 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 14.16 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 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 29.17 percentage points in 2014 and the biggest yearly fall was 32.25 percentage points in 2013. 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 0.55 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 69% 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 18th highest value of the 126 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.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Samoa | 28.78% | 2025 |
| World | 25.62% | 2024 |
| East Asia & Pacific | 34.13% | 2024 |
| Upper middle income | 32.65% | 2024 |
Closest to Samoa in the 2025 ranking
- Congo, Rep. — 14th of 126: 29.08%
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — 15th of 126: 28.8%
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — 16th of 126: 28.79%
- Indonesia — 18th of 126: 28.77%
- Senegal — 19th of 126: 28.72%
- Bangladesh — 20th of 126: 28.54%
What this measures
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 17 values
| Year | Gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 28.78 |
| 2024 | 27.82 |
| 2023 | 30.92 |
| 2022 | 30.17 |
| 2021 | 32.23 |
| 2020 | 32.58 |
| 2019 | 32.62 |
| 2018 | 32.29 |
| 2017 | 31.17 |
| 2016 | 34.61 |
| 2015 |
Gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP) in nearby economies
- Australia — 24.33% (2025)
- Brunei Darussalam — 26.91% (2025)
- Cambodia — 30.91% (2025)
- China — 39.65% (2024)
- Fiji — 20.09% (2024)
- French Polynesia — 21.91% (2024)
- Hong Kong SAR, China — 16.94% (2025)
- Indonesia — 28.77% (2025)
- Japan — 27.81% (2024)
- Kiribati — 29.04% (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 fixed capital formation (% of GDP)?
- 28.78% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2009?
- It is down 2.79 percentage points from 31.57% in 2009. The highest value was 39.34% in 2012 and the lowest 7.09% in 2013.
- How does Samoa rank?
- 18th highest of 126 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP) unusual for Samoa?
- In 2025, Samoa's gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP) rose 0.96 percentage points on 2024 (from 27.82% to 28.78%). Across the 15 yearly changes before that (2010 to 2024), the average change was −0.25 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 14.16 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 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 NE.GDI.FTOT.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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