Country Fast Facts:American Samoa

American Samoa is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of the sovereign state of Samoa.

The main (largest and most populous) island is Tutuila, with the Manu'a Islands, Rose Atoll, and Swains Island also included in the territory.

American Samoa is part of the Samoan Islands chain, located west of the Cook Islands, north of Tonga, and some 300 miles (500 km) south of Tokelau. To the west are the islands of the Wallis and Futuna group.

Settled as early as 1000 B.C., Samoa was "discovered" by European explorers in the 18th century.

International rivalries in the latter half of the 19th century were settled by an 1899 treaty in which Germany and the US divided the Samoan archipelago.

The US formally occupied its portion - a smaller group of eastern islands with the excellent harbor of Pago Pago - the following year.

Source: CIA World Fact Book

Population:
57,663 (July 2007 est.)

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Age structure:
0-14 years: 33.6% (male 10,049/female 9,345)
15-64 years: 63.5% (male 19,041/female 17,556)
65 years and over: 2.9% (male 606/female 1,066) (2007 est.)

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Median age:
total: 23.6 years
male: 23.4 years
female: 23.8 years (2007 est.)

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Population growth rate:
-0.262% (2007 est.)

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Birth rate:
21.83 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)

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Death rate:
3.24 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)

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Net migration rate:
-21.21 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)

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Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.075 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.085 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.568 male(s)/female
total population: 1.062 male(s)/female (2007 est.)

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Infant mortality rate:
total: 8.88 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 9.47 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 8.26 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.)

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Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 76.25 years
male: 72.69 years
female: 80.02 years (2007 est.)

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Total fertility rate:
3.07 children born/woman (2007 est.)

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HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
NA

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HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
NA

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HIV/AIDS - deaths:
NA

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Nationality:
noun: American Samoan(s) (US nationals)
adjective: American Samoan

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Ethnic groups:
native Pacific islander 92.9%, Asian 2.9%, white 1.2%, mixed 2.8%, other 0.2% (2000 census)

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Religions:
Christian Congregationalist 50%, Roman Catholic 20%, Protestant and other 30%

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Languages:
Samoan 90.6% (closely related to Hawaiian and other Polynesian languages), English 2.9%, Tongan 2.4%, other Pacific islander 2.1%, other 2%
note: most people are bilingual (2000 census)

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Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 97%
male: 98%
female: 97% (1980 est.)

American Samoa has a traditional Polynesian economy in which more than 90% of the land is communally owned. Economic activity is strongly linked to the US with which American Samoa conducts most of its commerce. Tuna fishing and tuna processing plants are the backbone of the private sector, with canned tuna the primary export. Transfers from the US Government add substantially to American Samoa's economic well being. Attempts by the government to develop a larger and broader economy are restrained by Samoa's remote location, its limited transportation, and its devastating hurricanes. Tourism is a promising developing sector.

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GDP (purchasing power parity):
$510.1 million (2003 est.)

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GDP (official exchange rate):
$333.8 million (2005)

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GDP - real growth rate:
3% (2003)

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GDP - per capita (PPP):
$5,800 (2005 est.)

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GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%

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Labor force:
17,630 (2005)

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Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture: 34%
industry: 33%
services: 33% (1990)

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Unemployment rate:
29.8% (2005)

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Population below poverty line:
NA%

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Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

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Inflation rate (consumer prices):
NA%

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Budget:
revenues: $121 million (37% in local revenue and 63% in US grants)
expenditures: $127 million; including capital expenditures of $NA (FY96/97)

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Agriculture - products:
bananas, coconuts, vegetables, taro, breadfruit, yams, copra, pineapples, papayas; dairy products, livestock

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Industries:
tuna canneries (largely supplied by foreign fishing vessels), handicrafts

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Industrial production growth rate:
NA%

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Electricity - production:
128 million kWh (2004)

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Electricity - consumption:
119 million kWh (2004)

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Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2004)

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Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2004)

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Oil - production:
0 bbl/day (2004)

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Oil - consumption:
3,900 bbl/day (2004 est.)

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Oil - exports:
NA bbl/day

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Oil - imports:
NA bbl/day

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Oil - proved reserves:
0 bbl

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Natural gas - production:
0 cu m (2004 est.)

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Natural gas - consumption:
0 cu m (2004 est.)

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Exports:
$445.6 million (FY04 est.)

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Exports - commodities:
canned tuna 93% (2004 est.)

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Exports - partners:
Indonesia 28.2%, India 22.3%, Australia 15.3%, Japan 11.2%, NZ 7.1% (2006)

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Imports:
$308.8 million (FY04 est.)

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Imports - commodities:
materials for canneries 56%, food 8%, petroleum products 7%, machinery and parts 6% (2004 est.)

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Imports - partners:
Australia 66%, Samoa 13.8%, NZ 10.8% (2006)

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Debt - external:
$NA

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Economic aid - recipient:
important financial support from the US, more than $40 million in 1994

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Currency (code):
US dollar (USD)

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Exchange rates:
the US dollar is used

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Fiscal year:
1 October - 30 September