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Iceland vs Samoa statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Iceland has a population of 405K (ranked 172/197), compared with 218K in Samoa (ranked 177/197). Iceland's land area is 38,931 sq mi versus 1,073 sq mi for Samoa (ranked 104th vs. 168th).

By GDP, Iceland ranks 108/197 ($33.5B) and Samoa ranks 187/197 ($1.07B). By GDP per capita, Iceland ranks 10/197 ($82,704), while Samoa ranks 120/197 ($4,899).

Main facts and rankings

Iceland Samoa
Population
412970
220288
Population rank 172/197 177/197
GDP
$33.5B
2024
$1.07B
2024
GDP rank 108/197 187/197
GDP per capita
$82,704
2024
$4,899
2024
GDP per capita rank 10/197 120/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$78,259
2024
$7,837
2024
Government debt
$19.8B
2024
$296M
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
52.9%
2025
22.5%
2025
Government debt per person
$48,859
2024
$1,357
2024
Government debt per person rank 9/185 134/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$54,155
2025
$3,507
2025
Land area
38,931 sq mi
2025
1,073 sq mi
2025
Population density
10.4 ppl/mi²
2024
203.1 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.59
2023
3.83
2023
Median age
37.1 years
2024
20.9 years
2024
Life expectancy
83.2 years
2025
71.9 years
2025

Iceland and Samoa: Comparison Charts

Iceland and Samoa economies compared

GDP
Iceland

Samoa
Year GDP
Iceland Samoa
1960 $252,169,712 -
1961 $257,703,245 -
1962 $289,200,704 -
1963 $345,175,036 -
1964 $440,797,869 -
1965 $531,569,564 -
1966 $638,349,755 -
1967 $630,567,116 -
1968 $481,532,848 -
1969 $420,945,148 -
1970 $526,704,545 $45,208,338
1971 $670,251,136 $53,719,569
1972 $839,652,164 $62,566,116
1973 $1,154,440,253 $82,452,985
1974 $1,515,190,595 $93,549,611
1975 $1,406,875,081 $93,489,283
1976 $1,669,488,390 $85,003,078
1977 $2,208,509,076 $98,295,671
1978 $2,511,826,196 $108,223,444
1979 $2,853,435,054 $122,257,393
1980 $3,381,419,251 $125,747,038
1981 $3,492,997,010 $118,190,655
1982 $3,206,626,645 $121,221,652
1983 $2,765,950,336 $111,862,824
1984 $2,864,441,387 $109,200,934
1985 $2,984,052,357 $95,572,173
1986 $3,989,622,739 $100,947,849
1987 $5,520,318,405 $111,713,922
1988 $6,106,635,816 $133,016,065
1989 $5,672,569,449 $122,888,610
1990 $6,468,736,356 $125,766,270
1991 $6,909,730,288 $125,597,205
1992 $7,080,981,738 $132,303,041
1993 $6,218,581,532 $133,122,897
1994 $6,389,460,343 $221,098,107
1995 $7,123,633,418 $224,865,731
1996 $7,426,082,271 $249,907,869
1997 $7,569,672,925 $285,475,592
1998 $8,503,746,468 $269,485,244
1999 $8,982,047,589 $255,408,060
2000 $9,025,660,362 $258,856,140
2001 $8,234,846,805 $266,299,591
2002 $9,318,395,055 $281,790,134
2003 $11,429,333,038 $333,426,188
2004 $13,825,302,536 $407,747,565
2005 $16,852,963,067 $476,801,793
2006 $17,465,318,552 $499,923,758
2007 $21,652,505,597 $573,548,460
2008 $18,074,622,987 $641,346,192
2009 $13,154,414,219 $628,006,115
2010 $13,751,161,918 $680,260,907
2011 $15,221,622,926 $744,097,050
2012 $14,751,508,134 $773,141,661
2013 $16,125,060,515 $797,736,334
2014 $17,867,662,178 $796,683,520
2015 $17,517,210,519 $824,150,499
2016 $20,793,168,031 $843,924,797
2017 $24,728,285,177 $884,844,384
2018 $26,260,850,582 $878,448,433
2019 $24,681,343,649 $912,950,466
2020 $21,629,953,194 $868,898,358
2021 $25,770,339,317 $843,923,639
2022 $28,696,453,180 $832,945,206
2023 $31,452,223,862 $938,189,444
2024 $33,462,807,983 $1,068,025,244

Iceland and Samoa economies compared

GDP per capita
Iceland

Samoa
Year GDP per capita
Iceland Samoa
1960 $1,436 -
1961 $1,439 -
1962 $1,586 -
1963 $1,859 -
1964 $2,332 -
1965 $2,764 -
1966 $3,264 -
1967 $3,173 -
1968 $2,390 -
1969 $2,070 -
1970 $2,576 $322
1971 $3,252 $377
1972 $4,015 $433
1973 $5,437 $563
1974 $7,041 $626
1975 $6,454 $610
1976 $7,583 $541
1977 $9,957 $615
1978 $11,237 $671
1979 $12,641 $751
1980 $14,822 $765
1981 $15,137 $713
1982 $13,712 $728
1983 $11,672 $671
1984 $11,960 $655
1985 $12,361 $573
1986 $16,406 $604
1987 $22,453 $666
1988 $24,452 $790
1989 $22,434 $728
1990 $25,385 $744
1991 $26,803 $742
1992 $27,124 $777
1993 $23,580 $775
1994 $24,019 $1,277
1995 $26,634 $1,288
1996 $27,615 $1,419
1997 $27,919 $1,608
1998 $31,030 $1,506
1999 $32,382 $1,417
2000 $32,096 $1,425
2001 $28,897 $1,454
2002 $32,409 $1,528
2003 $39,477 $1,798
2004 $47,335 $2,189
2005 $56,795 $2,550
2006 $57,493 $2,663
2007 $69,496 $3,039
2008 $56,943 $3,374
2009 $41,301 $3,279
2010 $43,237 $3,524
2011 $47,715 $3,822
2012 $45,996 $3,935
2013 $49,805 $4,024
2014 $54,577 $3,983
2015 $52,952 $4,084
2016 $61,988 $4,147
2017 $72,010 $4,308
2018 $74,452 $4,232
2019 $68,452 $4,352
2020 $59,024 $4,100
2021 $69,178 $3,948
2022 $75,121 $3,869
2023 $79,960 $4,330
2024 $82,704 $4,899

Iceland vs. Samoa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Iceland

Samoa
Year Life expectancy, years
Iceland Samoa
1950 71 49.2
1951 71 49.8
1952 72.4 50.4
1953 72.3 51
1954 73.3 51.6
1955 73.3 52.2
1956 72.9 52.8
1957 73.4 53.4
1958 73.3 54
1959 72.6 54.6
1960 74 55.2
1961 73.4 55.7
1962 73.6 56.3
1963 72.9 56.9
1964 73.5 54
1965 73.8 57.9
1966 73.1 58.2
1967 73.7 58.9
1968 73.9 59.4
1969 73.7 59.9
1970 73.8 60.4
1971 73.5 60.9
1972 74.4 61.4
1973 74.3 61.9
1974 74.1 62.3
1975 75.3 62.8
1976 76.6 63.3
1977 76.1 63.7
1978 76.4 64.1
1979 76.5 64.5
1980 76.6 65
1981 76.2 65.3
1982 76.8 65.6
1983 76.4 66
1984 77.3 66.3
1985 77.4 66.6
1986 77.9 66.8
1987 77.1 67
1988 76.9 67.3
1989 77.9 67.6
1990 77.7 67.8
1991 77.8 68
1992 78.6 68.5
1993 78.8 68.8
1994 79 69.2
1995 77.5 69.5
1996 78.6 69.8
1997 78.7 70
1998 79.4 70.3
1999 79.2 70.6
2000 79.5 70.8
2001 80.4 71
2002 80.3 71.2
2003 80.8 71.4
2004 80.7 71.5
2005 81.2 71.5
2006 80.9 71.6
2007 81.1 71.6
2008 81.2 71.5
2009 81.4 69.5
2010 81.6 71.5
2011 82 71.4
2012 82.3 71.2
2013 81.7 71.2
2014 82.4 71.1
2015 82.2 71.1
2016 81.8 71
2017 82.2 71
2018 82.5 71.1
2019 82.8 70.3
2020 82.7 70.7
2021 82.8 71.1
2022 81.6 71.6
2023 82.7 71.7
2024 83 71.8
2025 83.2 71.9

Iceland and Samoa population clocks and comparison

Population
Iceland

Samoa
Year Population
Iceland Samoa
1960 175,574 112,490
1961 179,029 115,496
1962 182,378 118,597
1963 185,653 121,764
1964 188,983 124,894
1965 192,286 127,978
1966 195,570 131,073
1967 198,751 133,764
1968 201,488 136,020
1969 203,369 138,233
1970 204,438 140,400
1971 206,098 142,503
1972 209,137 144,538
1973 212,317 146,516
1974 215,209 149,431
1975 217,979 153,344
1976 220,154 157,113
1977 221,799 159,753
1978 223,537 161,375
1979 225,735 162,882
1980 228,138 164,322
1981 230,755 165,678
1982 233,860 166,484
1983 236,977 166,714
1984 239,511 166,796
1985 241,405 166,849
1986 243,180 167,061
1987 245,859 167,661
1988 249,740 168,346
1989 252,852 168,768
1990 254,826 169,042
1991 257,797 169,368
1992 261,057 170,331
1993 263,725 171,774
1994 266,021 173,159
1995 267,468 174,571
1996 268,916 176,071
1997 271,128 177,547
1998 274,047 178,905
1999 277,381 180,275
2000 281,205 181,685
2001 284,968 183,166
2002 287,523 184,471
2003 289,521 185,430
2004 292,074 186,249
2005 296,734 186,978
2006 303,782 187,709
2007 311,566 188,753
2008 317,414 190,107
2009 318,499 191,513
2010 318,041 193,023
2011 319,014 194,713
2012 320,716 196,498
2013 323,764 198,268
2014 327,386 200,037
2015 330,815 201,782
2016 335,439 203,499
2017 343,400 205,415
2018 352,721 207,582
2019 360,563 209,780
2020 366,463 211,944
2021 372,520 213,779
2022 382,003 215,261
2023 393,349 216,663
2024 404,610 218,019

Fertility rates in Iceland and Samoa

Fertility rate
Iceland

Samoa
Year Fertility rate
Iceland Samoa
1960 4.29 7.78
1961 3.88 7.77
1962 3.98 7.76
1963 3.99 7.73
1964 3.88 7.7
1965 3.73 7.65
1966 3.59 7.6
1967 3.28 7.55
1968 3.06 7.5
1969 2.99 7.43
1970 2.81 7.34
1971 2.92 7.22
1972 3.09 7.07
1973 2.94 6.91
1974 2.66 6.75
1975 2.65 6.61
1976 2.52 6.47
1977 2.31 6.31
1978 2.35 6.15
1979 2.49 5.99
1980 2.48 5.86
1981 2.33 5.75
1982 2.27 5.68
1983 2.24 5.62
1984 2.08 5.55
1985 1.93 5.49
1986 1.92 5.42
1987 2.06 5.32
1988 2.26 5.21
1989 2.19 5.11
1990 2.3 5.01
1991 2.18 4.91
1992 2.21 4.87
1993 2.22 4.83
1994 2.14 4.79
1995 2.08 4.77
1996 2.12 4.74
1997 2.04 4.7
1998 2.05 4.64
1999 1.99 4.57
2000 2.08 4.52
2001 1.95 4.48
2002 1.93 4.44
2003 1.99 4.39
2004 2.04 4.34
2005 2.05 4.32
2006 2.08 4.32
2007 2.09 4.36
2008 2.15 4.42
2009 2.23 4.47
2010 2.2 4.52
2011 2.02 4.56
2012 2.04 4.55
2013 1.93 4.49
2014 1.93 4.42
2015 1.8 4.34
2016 1.74 4.26
2017 1.71 4.2
2018 1.71 4.14
2019 1.74 4.06
2020 1.72 4
2021 1.82 3.94
2022 1.59 3.88
2023 1.59 3.83

Iceland and Samoa demographics compared

Median age
Iceland

Samoa
Year Median age, years
Iceland Samoa
1960 25.4 15
1961 25.2 14.9
1962 24.9 14.8
1963 24.7 14.6
1964 24.4 14.6
1965 24.2 14.5
1966 24.1 14.5
1967 24.1 14.5
1968 24.2 14.5
1969 24.3 14.5
1970 24.5 14.6
1971 24.7 14.7
1972 24.8 14.8
1973 24.9 14.9
1974 25.1 15
1975 25.4 15.3
1976 25.7 15.5
1977 26 15.8
1978 26.4 16
1979 26.7 16.2
1980 26.9 16.4
1981 27.2 16.6
1982 27.5 16.8
1983 27.7 17.1
1984 28 17.4
1985 28.4 17.6
1986 28.8 17.8
1987 29.1 18
1988 29.3 18.2
1989 29.6 18.3
1990 30 18.4
1991 30.2 18.5
1992 30.5 18.7
1993 30.8 19
1994 31.1 19.3
1995 31.5 19.6
1996 31.8 19.7
1997 32.1 19.8
1998 32.4 19.9
1999 32.6 19.9
2000 32.8 19.8
2001 33 19.7
2002 33.4 19.7
2003 33.7 19.9
2004 34 20.1
2005 34.2 20.3
2006 34.5 20.4
2007 34.6 20.6
2008 34.5 20.7
2009 34.6 20.8
2010 34.9 20.8
2011 35.1 20.8
2012 35.4 20.8
2013 35.5 21
2014 35.7 21.1
2015 36 21.2
2016 36.2 21.3
2017 36.3 21.4
2018 36.4 21.4
2019 36.5 21.5
2020 36.6 21.4
2021 36.7 21.4
2022 36.7 21.1
2023 36.9 21
2024 37.1 20.9

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Iceland Samoa
GNI, Atlas method
$31.8B
2024
$1.01B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
44.5%
2025
33.1%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
7.29%
2022
5.46%
2024
Armed forces personnel
0
2020
n/a
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-1.64%
2025
-0.11%
2025
Unemployment rate
3.56%
2024
5.05%
2022
Services, % of GDP
65.5%
2024
72.5%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
19.4%
2024
10.9%
2024
Economic freedom index
72.8
2025
66.6
2025
Income share by richest 10%
22.4%
2019
31.3%
2013
Income share by poorest 10%
3.7%
2019
2.7%
2013
Number of billionaires
1
2025
n/a
Percentage of billionaires
0.0003%
2025
n/a
Listed domestic companies
34
2004
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$6.4B
2024
$508M
2024
Personal remittances received
$246M
2024
$282M
2024
International tourist arrivals
488,000
2020
23,899
2020
International tourism as share of exports
11.9%
2008
19.8%
2020
Banked people share
99.9%
2024
n/a

Energy

Iceland Samoa
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
15,379 kg
2023
307 kg
2007
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$4.99
2023
$15.3
2007
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
3.09 megatons
2023
0.47 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
7.85 tons
2023
2.16 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
10.3%
2023
0%
2007
Renewable energy use share
82.4%
2021
35.9%
2022
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
88.8%
2023
n/a
Net energy imports use share
20.5%
2009
n/a
Electric power consumption per capita
49,956 kWh
2023
n/a
Renewable electricity output share
100%
2016
49.1%
2021
Hydroelectric share
70.3%
2023
28.8%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Iceland Samoa
% of world population
0.005%
2024
0.003%
2024
Annual migration change
+3,543
2024
-2,754
2024
Urban population
94.1%
2024
17.4%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.97 ft
2025
5.72 ft
2025
Average female height
5.54 ft
2025
5.37 ft
2025
Quality of life index
92.4
2025
44.2
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
77
2024
48
2025
Higher education index
79
2025
15
2025
Homicides per 100K people
1.07
2022
6.2
2018
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
2
2019
13
2019
Visa free countries
171
2025
131
2025
Adult literacy rate
99%
2003
99.1%
2021
English speaking
98%
2023
49.9%
2023
People using the Internet
99.8%
2023
58.1%
2023

Health

Iceland Samoa
Government health expenditure per capita
$7,197
2023
$236.2
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$1,035
2023
$29.5
2022
Life expectancy
83.2 years
2025
71.9 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0%
2022
7.14%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
4.52
2022
0.55
2021
Age at first childbirth
28.8 years
2023
23.6 years
2021
Maternal mortality per 100K births
3
2023
101
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
2.6
2023
15.7
2023
Obesity rate
21.8%
2022
63.7%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
6.9%
2024
25.4%
2024
Air quality index
98
2025
92
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
9.4%
2022
22.5%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
7.94 liters
2020
2.35 liters
2020

Territory

Iceland Samoa
% of world land
0.07%
2025
0.002%
2025
Land area per capita
96,218 sq mi
2024
4,923 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
6,324 sq mi
2025
188.5 sq mi
2025
Forest area
205.8 sq mi
2025
619 sq mi
2025
Roads length
8,014 mi
2012
715 mi
2018

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