Samoa, year by year

Every index this site holds for Samoa, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 1995

0.651 → 0.702 (+0.051)

UNDP Human Development Report, 2023-24 edition. 28 annual values, none interpolated; hover any point for its year.

Twenty years here

The world report →

Life expectancy at birth71.5 → 71.8 (+0.3)

Urban population21 → 18 (-3)

Births per woman4.32 → 3.80 (-0.52)

Renewable share of energy49 → 36 (-13)

Access to electricity91 → 100 (+9)

Infant mortality15 → 12 (-3)

CO2 emissions per person1.2 → 1.6 (+0.4)

Forest area60 → 58 (-2)

World Bank observations, first to last available year per indicator (roughly 2005–2024; each series has its own window).

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series · 1 value marked for checking

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	—	67.8	—	—	5.01	64	—	23	0.7	62.2	—	—
1991	—	68.0	—	21	4.91	62	79	22	0.8	62.1	—	—
1992	—	68.5	—	21	4.87	61	82	22	0.7	61.9	—	—
1993	—	68.8	—	21	4.83	59	82	21	0.8	61.7	—	—
1994	—	69.2	—	21	4.79	60	80	20	0.8	61.6	—	—
1995	0.651	69.5	—	22	4.77	59	84	20	0.8	61.4	—	—
1996	0.659	69.8	—	22	4.74	58	85	19	0.8	61.2	—	—
1997	0.661	70.0	0	22	4.70	59	86	18	0.8	61.0	—	—
1998	0.664	70.3	0	22	4.64	58	86	18	0.8	60.9	—	—
1999	0.668	70.6	0	22	4.57	58	87	17	0.8	60.7	—	—
2000	0.672	70.8	1	22	4.52	60	88	16	1.0	60.5	—	—
2001	0.679	71.0	2	22	4.48	52	89	16	1.1	60.4	—	—
2002	0.678	71.2	2	22	4.44	50	89	16	1.1	60.2	—	—
2003	0.683	71.4	3	22	4.39	52	90	15	1.2	60.0	—	—
2004	0.688	71.5	3	22	4.34	49	91	15	1.1	59.9	—	—
2005	0.692	71.5	3	21	4.32	49	91	15	1.2	59.7	—	—
2006	0.695	71.6	4	21	4.32	46	96	15	1.2	59.5	2663	4592
2007	0.700	71.6	5	21	4.36	43	93	15	1.3	59.3	3039	4713
2008	0.702	71.5	5	20	4.42	45	98	15	1.3	59.2	3374	4939
2009	0.693	69.5	6	20	4.47	43	98	17	1.3	59.0	3279	4906
2010	0.704	71.5	7	20	4.52	42	96	15	1.4	58.8	3524	5229
2011	0.706	71.4	11	20	4.56	41	97	15	1.4	58.7	3822	5494
2012	0.703	71.2	13	19	4.55	40	97	15	1.4	58.5	3935	5339
2013	0.704	71.2	15	19	4.49	43	97	15	1.4	58.3	4024	5387
2014	0.707	71.1	21	19	4.42	41	98	15	1.4	58.1	3983	5468
2015	0.710	71.1	—	19	4.34	37	98	15	1.6	58.0	4084	5682
2016	0.714	71.0	—	19	4.26	37	99	15	1.7	57.8	4147	6141
2017	0.714	71.0	—	19	4.20	36	97	15	1.5	58.7	4308	6280
2018	0.713	71.0	—	19	4.14	37	100	14	1.7	58.5	4232	6318
2019	0.712	70.3	—	18	4.06	34	99	15	1.8	58.3	4352	6638
2020	0.712	70.7	—	18	4.00	36	100	14	1.5	58.1	4100	6452
2021	0.708	71.1	—	18	3.94	36	98	13	1.6	58.0	4022	6351
2022	0.702	71.5	—	18	3.88	36	98	13	1.5	57.8	4132	6909
2023	—	71.7	—	18	3.83	—	100	13	1.5	57.6	4823	8203
2024	—	71.8	—	18	3.80	—	100	12	1.6	—	5393	8751
2025	—	—	—	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	5873	9319
Profile shows	0.702	71.8	—	18	3.80	36	—	—	1.6	57.6	5873	9319

Sources: HDI — UNDP HDR 2023-24; Life expectancy at birth — World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users — World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population — World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman — World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy — World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity — World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality — World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person — World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area — World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-09-01. Observed years only; IMF projections are excluded.

A dotted value moved sharply against the previous observed value in its series, which is the usual signature of a series break or a source revision; it is a prompt to check, not a judgement. In the last row, ≠ means the profile’s current figure differs from the latest value here by more than 2%: none do on this page.

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