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American Samoa places highest on Political Stability and Absence of Violence (top 5% worldwide) and lowest on Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation (bottom 16%).
American Samoa in the Nations Inquiry Country Index
American Samoa appears in 34 of the statistics tracked here, but is not placed in the Country Index: the index needs a standing on three quarters of its topics, and American Samoa is measured on too few of them. Every published reading below is unaffected.
At a glance
Population
47,521
people
since 1950
Land area
199
km²
since 1961
Life expectancy
72.85
years at birth
since 1950
The newest published figure for each, the year it describes and who published it, with a line showing how it has moved.
01The country
About American Samoa
Key facts about American Samoa
- Capital
- Pago Pago
- Official languages
- English, Samoan
- Currency
- United States dollar (USD)
- ISO code
- ASM · AS
- Domain · dialling
- .as · +1684
As Wikidata records them. Official languages are the least consistent — some countries list only a national language, others every regional one. Sources and licences.
02Country Index 2026
Where it stands, topic by topic
Strongest first. Each position is American Samoa’s place among the countries with a standing on that topic, built from a few key statistics chosen to measure different things.
joint166thof 193
From 2 of 3 key statistics
No standing — American Samoa holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — American Samoa holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — American Samoa holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — American Samoa holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — American Samoa holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — American Samoa holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — American Samoa holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — American Samoa holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — American Samoa holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — American Samoa holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — American Samoa holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — American Samoa holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — American Samoa holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — American Samoa holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — American Samoa holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
Each standing is built from a few key statistics chosen to measure different things. Select a subject for American Samoa’s readings on it, or see every statistic held for American Samoa in the table further down this page.
03Highs and lows
Where American Samoa stands out
The two ends of its own record: every statistic on which American Samoa sits within ten places of the best or worst in the world, plus its strongest and weakest readings overall. Each is turned into a percentile — its place among every country measured — which is what lets a hunger score and a press-freedom rank be compared at all.
Where American Samoa does best4
In the top third of all countries measured.
Position · derived 11th of 211 · 1.4 · 2025
world median 0.171 (better)
- Control of Corruptiontop 15%
Position · derived 29th of 211 · 1.18 · 2025
world median -0.197 (better)
- Government Effectivenesstop 22%
Position · derived 47th of 209 · 0.869 · 2025
world median 0.101 (better) · ▲ 3 pts since 2015
Where American Samoa struggles most5
In the bottom third of all countries measured.
Position · derived 162nd of 190 · 5.556 · 2024
world median 35.66 (worse) · ▲ 9 pts since 2014
Position · derived 160th of 190 · 5.556 · 2024
world median 31.14 (worse) · ▲ 10 pts since 2014
- Carbon Intensity of Electricitybottom 22%
Position · derived 44th of 193 · 1 = worst · 622.22 · 2024
world median 468.81 (worse) · ▲ 3 pts since 2014
- Researchers per Million Inhabitantsbottom 23%
Position · derived 112th of 145 · 105.76 · 2024
world median 701.95 (worse)
- Liner Shipping Connectivity Indexbottom 27%
Rank 125th of 175 · 26.33 · 2026
world median 56.21 (worse)
A band is a place among the countries each publisher scores, so American Samoa can move because other countries moved. See the Country Index for the full method.
04Over time
Which way it is moving
The published rank in widely quoted reports, edition by edition — each end with the size of that year’s field — and the statistics, not already named above, on which it has gained or lost the most ground.
Gaining ground
Where American Samoa has climbed against the rest of the world, in percentile points.
- Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation+29 pts since 2014
- Regulatory Quality+12 pts since 2015
Losing ground
Where American Samoa has slipped against the rest of the world, in percentile points.
- Life Expectancy at Birth-6 pts since 2013
05In context
American Samoa and its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place in the world ranking, not within the region.
Shares a land border with
American Samoa has no land border with another country.
Across Polynesia
Every country in the sub-region, by its position in the world.
- 70
Samoa - 85
Tonga - —
American Samoanot placed - —
Cook Islandsnot placed - —
French Polynesianot placed - —
Niuenot placed - —
Tuvalunot placed
06The evidence
Every statistic we hold for American Samoa
Grouped by topic. Each row gives the newest edition’s rank or position, the published value and the year the numbers describe — select a row for the world median, the best in the world and the trend.
Governance & Institutions4
Control of Corruption29th of 211position · derived1.18Control of Corruption (−2.5 to 2.5)2025
top 15% of 211 countries measured
World Bank Group · Control of Corruption (−2.5 to 2.5)
American Samoa 1.18 · world median -0.197 (better)
Best in the world 2.259 (Denmark)
No real change since 2015
Government Effectiveness47th of 209position · derived0.869Governance estimate (−2.5 weak to 2.5 strong)2025
top 22% of 209 countries measured
World Bank Group · Governance estimate (−2.5 weak to 2.5 strong)
American Samoa 0.869 · world median 0.101 (better)
Best in the world 2.092 (Singapore)
▲ +3 percentile points since 2015
Regulatory Quality67th of 209position · derived0.374Regulatory Quality (−2.5 to 2.5)2025
top 32% of 209 countries measured
World Bank Group · Regulatory Quality (−2.5 to 2.5)
American Samoa 0.374 · world median -0.093 (better)
Best in the world 2.113 (Singapore)
▲ +12 percentile points since 2015
Rule of Law25th of 211position · derived1.348Rule of Law estimate (−2.5 to 2.5)2025
top 11% of 211 countries measured
World Bank Group · Rule of Law estimate (−2.5 to 2.5)
American Samoa 1.348 · world median -0.102 (better)
Best in the world 2.012 (Finland)
No real change since 2015
Economy & Innovation3
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index125th of 175rank26.33LSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100)2026
bottom 27% of 167 countries measured · 167 share 175 positions
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) · LSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100)
American Samoa 26.33 · world median 56.21 (worse)
Best in the world 1,319 (China)
No real change since 2016
Researchers per Million Inhabitants112th of 145position · derived105.76Researchers per million inhabitants (full-time equivalent)2024
bottom 23% of 145 countries measured
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) · Researchers per million inhabitants (full-time equivalent)
American Samoa 105.76 · world median 701.95 (worse)
Best in the world 18,130 (Liechtenstein)
No earlier reading to compare
Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP)180th of 180position · derived0Natural resources rents (% of GDP)2021
bottom 4% of 197 countries measured · 197 share 180 positions
World Bank Group · Natural resources rents (% of GDP)
American Samoa 0 · world median 1.708
Highest 61.03 (Libya)
No real change since 2011
Education & Knowledge2
Adult Literacy Rate55th of 172position · derived97.34Adults 15+ who can read and write (%)2024
top 32% of 172 countries measured
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) · Adults 15+ who can read and write (%)
American Samoa 97.34 · world median 93.99 (better)
Best in the world 100 (3 countries tied)
No earlier reading to compare
Youth Literacy Ratebottom 46%97.6515–24 year-olds who can read and write (%)2024
bottom 46% of 174 countries measured
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) · 15–24 year-olds who can read and write (%)
American Samoa 97.65 · world median 98.22 (worse)
Best in the world 100 (6 countries tied)
No earlier reading to compare
Health & Wellbeing2
Life Expectancy at Age 65129th of 222position · derived15.46Further years a 65-year-old would live at current death rates2023
bottom 42% of 222 countries measured
UN DESA Population Division · Further years a 65-year-old would live at current death rates
American Samoa 15.46 · world median 16.39 (worse)
Best in the world 23.21 (Monaco)
No real change since 2013
Life Expectancy at Birth130th of 222position · derived72.85Years a newborn would live at current death rates2023
bottom 42% of 222 countries measured
UN DESA Population Division · Years a newborn would live at current death rates
American Samoa 72.85 · world median 74.63 (worse)
Best in the world 86.37 (Monaco)
▼ -6 percentile points since 2013
Environment & Sustainability8
Agricultural Emissions178th of 193position · derived31.66Farm-gate emissions (kt CO₂eq)2023
bottom 10% of 198 countries measured · 198 share 193 positions
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) · Farm-gate emissions (kt CO₂eq)
American Samoa 31.66 · world median 8,635
Highest 1,044,508 (India)
No real change since 2013
Agricultural Land166th of 209position · derived14.8Agricultural land (% of land area)2023
bottom 21% of 209 countries measured
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) · Agricultural land (% of land area)
American Samoa 14.8 · world median 37.96
Highest 86.48 (Côte d’Ivoire)
No real change since 2013
Arable Land per Person170th of 206position · derived0.022Arable land (hectares per person)2023
bottom 18% of 206 countries measured
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) · Arable land (hectares per person)
American Samoa 0.022 · world median 0.109
Highest 1.459 (Kazakhstan)
▲ +6 percentile points since 2013
Carbon Intensity of Electricity44th of 193position · derived · 1 = worst622.22Carbon intensity (gCO₂e per kWh generated)2024
bottom 22% of 193 countries measured
Ember · Carbon intensity (gCO₂e per kWh generated)
American Samoa 622.22 · world median 468.81 (worse)
Best in the world 23.49 (Ethiopia)
▲ +3 percentile points since 2014
Forest Area8th of 210position · derived85.2Forest area (% of land area)2023
top 3% of 213 countries measured · 213 share 210 positions
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) · Forest area (% of land area)
American Samoa 85.2 · world median 31.08
Highest 94.45 (Suriname)
No real change since 2013
Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation162nd of 190position · derived5.556Low-carbon sources (% of electricity generated)2024
bottom 16% of 193 countries measured · 193 share 190 positions
Ember · Low-carbon sources (% of electricity generated)
American Samoa 5.556 · world median 35.66 (worse)
Best in the world 100 (7 countries tied)
▲ +9 percentile points since 2014
Renewable Share of Electricity Generation160th of 190position · derived5.556Renewables (% of electricity generated)2024
bottom 17% of 193 countries measured · 193 share 190 positions
Ember · Renewables (% of electricity generated)
American Samoa 5.556 · world median 31.14 (worse)
Best in the world 100 (7 countries tied)
▲ +10 percentile points since 2014
Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generationbottom 48%5.556Wind and solar (% of electricity generated)2024
bottom 48% of 193 countries measured
Ember · Wind and solar (% of electricity generated)
American Samoa 5.556 · world median 5.769 (worse)
Best in the world 69.12 (Denmark)
▲ +29 percentile points since 2014
Gender & Equality1
Sex Ratio at Birthtop 27%106Male births per 100 female births2023
top 27% of 222 countries measured
UN DESA Population Division · Male births per 100 female births
American Samoa 106 · world median 105.1
Highest 116.3 (Liechtenstein)
No real change since 2013
Peace & Security1
Political Stability and Absence of Violence11th of 211position · derived1.4Political Stability estimate (−2.5 to 2.5)2025
top 5% of 211 countries measured
World Bank Group · Political Stability estimate (−2.5 to 2.5)
American Samoa 1.4 · world median 0.171 (better)
Best in the world 1.563 (Andorra)
No real change since 2015
Mobility & Trade1
Net Migration Ratebottom 3%-24.39Net migrants per 1,000 population2023
bottom 3% of 222 countries measured
UN DESA Population Division · Net migrants per 1,000 population
American Samoa -24.39 · world median -0.133
Highest 39.62 (South Sudan)
No real change since 2013
Energy2
Net Electricity Imports (share of generation)bottom 44%0Net electricity imports (% of domestic generation)2024
bottom 44% of 193 countries measured
Ember · Net electricity imports (% of domestic generation)
American Samoa 0 · world median 0
Highest 707.07 (Palestine)
No real change since 2014
Nuclear Share of Electricity Generationbottom 41%0Nuclear (% of electricity generated)2024
bottom 41% of 183 countries measured
Ember · Nuclear (% of electricity generated)
American Samoa 0 · world median 0
Highest 67.4 (France)
No real change since 2014
People & Population10
Crude Birth Ratetop 47%15.39Births per 1,000 population2023
top 47% of 222 countries measured
UN DESA Population Division · Births per 1,000 population
American Samoa 15.39 · world median 13.79
Highest 46.36 (Central African Republic)
▼ -5 percentile points since 2013
Crude Death Ratebottom 44%7.021Deaths per 1,000 population2023
bottom 44% of 222 countries measured
UN DESA Population Division · Deaths per 1,000 population
American Samoa 7.021 · world median 7.303
Highest 25.58 (Vatican City)
▲ +29 percentile points since 2013
Median Age of the Populationbottom 42%28.43Median age (years)2023
bottom 42% of 222 countries measured
UN DESA Population Division · Median age (years)
American Samoa 28.43 · world median 31.52
Highest 59.63 (Vatican City)
▲ +8 percentile points since 2013
Population Aged 65 and Overbottom 45%7.55Share of the total population aged 65 and over (%)2023
bottom 45% of 222 countries measured
UN DESA Population Division · Share of the total population aged 65 and over (%)
American Samoa 7.55 · world median 8.32
Highest 44.7 (Vatican City)
▲ +8 percentile points since 2013
Population Densitytop 27%237.6People per square kilometre of land2023
top 27% of 222 countries measured
UN DESA Population Division · People per square kilometre of land
American Samoa 237.6 · world median 96.92
Highest 26,145 (Monaco)
▼ -6 percentile points since 2013
Population Growth Ratebottom 3%-1.599Population growth (% per year)2023
bottom 3% of 222 countries measured
UN DESA Population Division · Population growth (% per year)
American Samoa -1.599 · world median 0.888
Highest 5.862 (South Sudan)
No real change since 2013
Population Under Age 15top 38%27.51Share of the total population aged 0–14 (%)2023
top 38% of 222 countries measured
UN DESA Population Division · Share of the total population aged 0–14 (%)
American Samoa 27.51 · world median 22.71
Highest 49.17 (Central African Republic)
▼ -5 percentile points since 2013
Sex Ratio of the Total Populationtop 19%102.05Males per 100 females2023
top 19% of 222 countries measured
UN DESA Population Division · Males per 100 females
American Samoa 102.05 · world median 98.48
Highest 251.08 (Qatar)
No real change since 2013
Total Dependency Ratiobottom 46%53.99People aged 0–14 and 65+ per 100 people aged 15–642023
bottom 46% of 222 countries measured
UN DESA Population Division · People aged 0–14 and 65+ per 100 people aged 15–64
American Samoa 53.99 · world median 54.73
Highest 105.18 (Central African Republic)
▼ -19 percentile points since 2013
Total Fertility Ratetop 39%2.286Live births per woman2023
top 39% of 222 countries measured
UN DESA Population Division · Live births per woman
American Samoa 2.286 · world median 1.962
Highest 6.132 (Somalia)
▼ -4 percentile points since 2013
Not currently covered
The newest edition of these reports does not include American Samoa. Usually the publisher does not cover it; sometimes it has dropped out of a ranking it used to appear in.
- Academic Freedom Index
- Access to Electricity
- Account Ownership at a Financial Institution
- Adjusted Net Savings
- Agricultural Irrigated Land
- Agriculture Orientation Index
- Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added (% of GDP)
- Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum
- Average Time to Clear Exports Through Customs
- Average Weekly Hours Worked
- Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff · last seen 2002
- Business Ready: Operational Efficiency
- Business Ready: Public Services
- Business Ready: Regulatory Framework
- Central Bank Independence Index
- Cereal Import Dependency Ratio
- Cereal Yield
- Child Marriage
- Children with Functional Difficulties
- Civic Space Ratings
- Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN)
- Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN)
- CO₂ Emissions per Capita
- Coefficient of Human Inequality
- Completeness of Birth Registration
- Container Port Traffic · last seen 2019
- Corruption Perceptions Index
- Cost of Sending Remittances
- Country Policy and Institutional Assessment
- Crop Production Index
- Deaths in Organized Violence
- Debt Service on External Debt
- Deliberative Democracy Index
- Dietary Energy Supply
- Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports
- Ecological Footprint
- Economic Complexity Index
- Egalitarian Democracy Index
- Employment in Agriculture
- Employment in Industry
- Employment in Services
- Employment-to-Population Ratio
- Energy Intensity of GDP (PPP) · last seen 2018
- Exclusive Breastfeeding Under Six Months
- Expected Years of Schooling
- Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP) · last seen 2022
- External Debt Stocks (% of GNI)
- Fatal Occupational Injuries
- Female Genital Mutilation Prevalence
- Female Labour Force Participation Rate
- Female Share of Researchers
- Female Share of Senior and Middle Management
- Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare · last seen 2020
- Firms with a Bank Loan or Line of Credit
- Firms with a Female Top Manager
- Food Production Index
- Foreign Direct Investment Inflows
- Freedom of Expression and Alternative Sources of Information Index
- GDP Growth · last seen 2022
- GDP per Capita (PPP)
- GDP per Person Employed
- Gender Development Index
- Gender Inequality Index
- Gender Social Norms Index
- General Government Consumption
- Gini Index
- Global Innovation Index
- Global Militarisation Index
- Global Multidimensional Poverty Index
- Global Report on Food Crises
- Global Violent Deaths
- GNI per Capita (PPP)
- Government AI Readiness Index
- Government Censorship of the Media
- Government Funding per Primary Student
- Government Internet Shutdowns
- Government Spending on Education · last seen 2006
- GovTech Maturity Index
- Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP)
- Gross Savings (% of GDP)
- Harmonized Test Scores
- Household Consumption · last seen 2022
- Human Capital Index
- Human Development Index
- ICT Goods Exports
- ICT Services Exports
- Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP) · last seen 2022
- Inbound Mobility Rate, Tertiary · last seen 2007
- Income Share Held by Lowest 20%
- Income Share Held by Richest 10%
- Industry Value Added including Construction (% of GDP)
- Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index
- Infant Mortality Rate
- INFORM Risk Index
- INFORM Severity Index
- Informal Employment Rate
- Internal Displacements by Disaster · last seen 2022
- Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index
- Labour Force Participation Rate
- Labour Income Share
- Labour Productivity per Hour Worked
- Land Under Cereal Production
- Learning Poverty
- Learning-Adjusted Years of School
- Liberal Democracy Index
- Livestock Density
- Livestock Production Index
- Logistics Performance Index
- Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP)
- Maternal Mortality Ratio
- Mean Years of Schooling
- Median Daily Income or Consumption per Person
- Military Dimension Index
- Mobile Phone Ownership
- ND-GAIN Country Index
- Net Official Development Assistance Received
- Open Data Inventory
- Organic Agricultural Area
- Out-of-School Rate, Primary
- Outbound Mobility Ratio, Tertiary
- Palma Ratio
- Participatory Democracy Index
- Pesticide Use per Hectare
- Physical Violence Index
- PISA Mathematics Performance
- PISA Reading Performance
- PISA Science Performance
- Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI
- Political Corruption Index
- Political Violence by Non-State Actors
- Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day
- Poverty Headcount at National Poverty Lines
- Poverty Headcount Ratio at $3.00 a Day
- Poverty Headcount Ratio at $8.30 a Day
- Pre-Primary Net Enrolment Rate
- Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity
- Prevalence of Undernourishment
- Primary Completion Rate
- Primary Energy Consumption per Capita · last seen 2019
- Prosperity Gap
- Public Sector Employment
- Public Sector Wage Bill
- Refugee Population by Country of Asylum
- Refugees by Country of Origin
- Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita
- Research and Development Spending · last seen 2006
- RISE Energy Efficiency Policy Score
- RISE Renewable Energy Policy Score
- School Life Expectancy · last seen 1989
- Secondary School Enrolment · last seen 1992
- Self-Employment Rate
- Short-Term Share of External Debt
- Smartphone Ownership
- Social Institutions and Gender Index
- Social Protection Coverage
- Societal Poverty Rate
- State Authority over Territory
- Statistical Performance Indicators
- Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five
- Tariff Rate, Applied, Weighted Mean, All Products
- Tertiary Enrolment Ratio · last seen 1989
- Trade (% of GDP) · last seen 2022
- Trade Union Density
- Under-Five Mortality Rate
- Unemployment Rate
- Upper Secondary Attainment
- Upper Secondary Completion Rate
- V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index
- Violent Discipline of Children
- Voice and Accountability · last seen 2024
- Vulnerable Employment
- Water Stress
- Water Withdrawal by Sector
- Women, Business and the Law
- Women's Political Empowerment Index
- Working Poverty Rate
- World Energy Trilemma Index
- World Risk Index
- Youth Not in Education, Employment or Training
- Youth Unemployment Rate
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08Method
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How to read this page
- The scores and ranks belong to their publishers. Nothing is adjusted, rescaled or re-ranked; each is reproduced from the edition named beside it. Where a row says position · derived, the publisher ranks nobody on that measure and the position is ours, made by ordering the published score.
- Each statistic shows its newest edition, which is not always the edition the Country Index uses: the index pins every source to one data year so its average compares like with like.
How a standing is built from percentiles, why American Samoa can move because other countries moved, and why publishers measure between 120 and 215 countries each are set out in full in how a standing is made and what a standing cannot tell you.
Sources
- Statistics: 6 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
- Capital, languages, currency, codes: Wikidata, public domain (CC0).
- Map and land borders: Natural Earth, public domain. Borders are de facto — where administration actually changes — not claimed.
Photographs
The photograph of American Samoa on this page comes from Wikimedia Commons and is shown in greyscale. The photographer and the licence are named beside each one.
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). American Samoa: country statistics, rankings and trends. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/american-samoa