| Economy - overview | 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 - real growth rate | 3% (2003) |
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| GDP - composition by sector | agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA% |
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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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| 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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| 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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| 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 -
production by source | fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001) |
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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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| Agriculture - products | bananas, coconuts, vegetables, taro, breadfruit, yams, copra, pineapples, papayas; dairy products, livestock |
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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% (2005) |
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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% (2005) |
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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 | USD |
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| Exchange rates | the US dollar is used |
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| Fiscal year | 1 October - 30 September |
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