Samoa's transport services (% of service imports, BoP) was 42.59% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 0.44 percentage points from 43.03% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 42.59% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 33.2% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 43.03% | 2015 |
| Highest | 72.94% | 1998 |
| Lowest | 21.77% | 1999 |
| Average since 2016 | 39.29% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 64.5% | 1977 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Samoa's transport services (% of service imports, BoP) rose 5.36 percentage points on 2024 (from 37.24% to 42.59%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1990 to 2024), the average change was −1.22 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 13.24 percentage points 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 25.52 percentage points in 1998 and the biggest yearly fall was 51.18 percentage points in 1999. 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 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 8% 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
In 2025, Samoa had the 27th highest value of the 134 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 | 42.59% | 2025 |
| World | 18.72% | 2025 |
| East Asia & Pacific | 21.19% | 2025 |
| Upper middle income | 23.06% | 2025 |
Closest to Samoa in the 2025 ranking
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — 23rd of 134: 44.37%
- Guatemala — 24th of 134: 44.33%
- St. Vincent and the Grenadines — 25th of 134: 43.58%
- West Bank and Gaza — 27th of 134: 42%
- Algeria — 28th of 134: 41.86%
- Oman — 29th of 134: 41.21%
What this measures
Transport services covers the process of carriage of people and objects from one location to another as well as related supporting and auxiliary services. Also included are postal and courier services. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of service imports which are services provided by non-residents to residents.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 45 values
| Year | Transport services (% of service imports, BoP) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 42.59 |
| 2024 | 37.24 |
| 2023 | 41.59 |
| 2022 | 42.56 |
| 2021 | 39.45 |
| 2020 | 33.2 |
| 2019 | 38.56 |
| 2018 | 46.77 |
| 2017 | 34.16 |
| 2016 | 36.78 |
| 2015 |
Transport services (% of service imports, BoP) in nearby economies
- Australia — 16.15% (2025)
- Brunei Darussalam — 15.9% (2025)
- Cambodia — 53.8% (2025)
- China — 17.79% (2025)
- Fiji — 45.81% (2024)
- French Polynesia — 31.06% (2016)
- Hong Kong SAR, China — 20.99% (2025)
- Indonesia — 23.85% (2025)
- Japan — 13.43% (2025)
- Kiribati
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 transport services (% of service imports, BoP)?
- 42.59% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1977?
- It is down 21.91 percentage points from 64.5% in 1977. The highest value was 72.94% in 1998 and the lowest 21.77% in 1999.
- How does Samoa rank?
- 27th highest of 134 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in transport services (% of service imports, BoP) unusual for Samoa?
- In 2025, Samoa's transport services (% of service imports, BoP) rose 5.36 percentage points on 2024 (from 37.24% to 42.59%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1990 to 2024), the average change was −1.22 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 13.24 percentage points 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 BM.GSR.TRAN.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF) 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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