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| GDP (PPP) per capita (2024): 8,736.82 Int. Dollar | Population (2024): 218,019 | HDI (2024): 0.71 |
ND-GAIN Country Index rank
142
Score: 40.1
Vulnerability
0.538
Readiness
0.340
The high vulnerability score and low readiness score of Samoa places it in the upper-left quadrant of the ND-GAIN Matrix. It has both a great need for investment and innovations to improve readiness and a great urgency for action. Samoa is the 31st most vulnerable country and the 127th most ready country.
ND-GAIN Ranking since 1995
| Year | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Ranking | 89 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 89 | 93 | 96 | 98 | 101 | 97 | 97 | 101 | 99 | 105 | 102 | 100 | 100 | 101 | 100 | 102 | 105 | 105 | 104 | 105 | 105 | 105 | 140 | 138 | 142 |
| Indicator | 2005 to 2024 | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Vulnerability | 0.538 | |
| Food | 0.591 | |
| Projected change of cereal yields | 0.906 | |
| Projected population change | 0.186 | |
| Food import dependency | 0.471 | |
| Rural population | 0.889 | |
| Agriculture capacity | 0.969 | |
| Child malnutrition | 0.128 | |
| Water | 0.539 | |
| Projected change of annual runoff | - | |
| Projected change of annual groundwater recharge | 0.787 | |
| Fresh water withdrawal rate | - | |
| Water dependency ratio | 0 | |
| Dam capacity | 0.988 | |
| Access to reliable drinking water | 0.380 | |
| Health | 0.518 | |
| Projected change of deaths from climate change induced diseases | 0.091 | |
| Projected change in vector-borne diseases | 0.658 | |
| Dependency on external resource for health services | 0.560 | |
| Slum population | 0.349 | |
| Medical staff | 0.879 | |
| Access to improved sanitation facilities | 0.570 | |
| Ecosystem Services | 0.646 | |
| Projected change of biome distribution | - | |
| Projected change of marine biodiversity | 0.754 | |
| Natural capital dependency | - | |
| Ecological footprint | 0.225 | |
| Protected biome | 0.741 | |
| Engagement in international environmental conventions | 0.862 | |
| Human Habitat | 0.554 | |
| Projected change of warm periods | 0.339 | |
| Projected change of flood hazard | 0.703 | |
| Urban concentration | 0.111 | |
| Age dependency ratio | 0.750 | |
| Quality of trade and transport infrastructure | - | |
| Paved roads | 0.867 | |
| Infrastructure | 0.380 | |
| Projected change of hydropower generation capacity | - | |
| Projected change of sea level rise impacts | 0.451 | |
| Dependency on imported energy | - | |
| Population living under 5m above sea level | 0.532 | |
| Electricity access | 0 | |
| Disaster preparedness | 0.538 |