Samoa vs Tuvalu: Economic Indicators Comparison

Samoa with a GDP of $820.5M ranked the 187th largest economy in the world, while Tuvalu ranked 196th with $42.6M. By GDP per capita, Samoa and Tuvalu ranked 116th vs 124th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

Stat	Samoa	Tuvalu
GDP	$820.5M	$42.6M
GDP growth, 1 year	0.7%	2.5%
GDP growth, 5-years average	2.7%	N/A
Population	196k	11k
GDP per capita	$4.2k	$3.7k
GDP per capita growth	-2.56%	1.27%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor	1.66	1.22
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate	0.65	0.91
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted	$5.9k	$4k
GNI, Atlas method	$789.4M	$62.5M
GNI per capita	$4k	$5.4k
GNI, PPP adjusted	$1.2B	$70.2M
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted	$6.3k	$6.1k

Financial system and Human development

Stat	Samoa	Tuvalu
Income Tax Rate	27%	N/A
Corporate Tax Rate	27%	N/A
Inflation, consumer prices	3.7%	N/A
Inflation, GDP deflator	2%	4.9%
Unemployment	8.3%	8.5%
Economic Freedom Index	62.1	60
Personal Freedom Index	6.2	6.2
Human Freedom Index	6.2	6.1
Property Rights Index	60.5	N/A
Judical Effectiveness Index	31.7	N/A
Business Freedom Index	76.6	N/A
Fiscal Health Index	94.6	N/A
Labor Freedom Index	78.8	N/A
Investment Freedom Index	55	N/A
Financial Freedom Index	30	N/A
Trade Freedom Index	64.6	N/A
Monetary Freedom Index	79.5	N/A
Government Spending Index	62.5	N/A
Tax Burden Index	79.6	N/A
Government Integrity Index	31.5	N/A
Corruption Perceptions Index	48	48
Life expectancy at birth, years	73	66
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people	4.4	1
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people	11.3	0.2
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people	3.2	18.7
International tourism, number of arrivals	164k	2.7k

Government debt & reserves

Stat	Samoa	Tuvalu
Central government debt, % of GDP	50.2%	N/A
External debt stocks, % of GNI	51.3%	N/A
External debt stocks	$427.5M	N/A
Short-term debt, % of total reserves	0%	N/A
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income	9.8%	N/A
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI	N/A	N/A
Gross savings, % of GDP	N/A	N/A
Gross capital formation, % of GDP	N/A	N/A
Total reserves including gold	$169.9M	N/A
Foreign direct investment net inflows	$16.7M	$299k

Exports, imports and economic structure

Stat	Samoa	Tuvalu
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP	32.6%	N/A
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP	47.8%	N/A
Current account balance (balance of payments)	$20.5M	$6.8M
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP	33.1%	N/A
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP	$89.6M	$9.6M
Personal remittances received	$147.4M	$4M
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP	15.1%	7.3%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP	9.8%	16.5%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP	$586k	N/A
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP	$538k	$14k
Expense, % of GDP	27.8%	N/A
Government Expenditure, % of GDP	35.3%	N/A