Samoa

GDP (PPP) per capita (2020): 6,768.75 Int. Dollar Population (2020): 198,410 HDI (2020): 0.71
ND-GAIN Country Index rank 97
Score: 47.1
Vulnerability 0.487
Readiness 0.428

The high vulnerability score and high readiness score of Samoa places it in the upper-right quadrant of the ND-GAIN Matrix. It is on the road to responding effectively to climate change, but the adaptation needs and urgency to act are greater. Samoa is the 55th most vulnerable country and the 88th 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
Ranking
103
101
104
104
99
100
101
108
107
112
110
95
98
101
105
103
99
95
99
93
92
96
96
97
97
97
Denotes worst scores
Indicator 2001 to 2020 Score
Vulnerability
0.487
Food
0.582
Projected change of cereal yields
0.906
Projected population change
0.186
Food import dependency
0.404
Rural population
0.885
Agriculture capacity
0.969
Child malnutrition
0.141
Water
0.438
Projected change of annual runoff
-
Projected change of annual groundwater recharge
0.213
Fresh water withdrawal rate
-
Water dependency ratio
0
Dam capacity
0.987
Access to reliable drinking water
0.551
Health
0.551
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
0.597
Slum population
-
Medical staff
0.876
Access to improved sanitation facilities
0.534
Ecosystem Services
0.560
Projected change of biome distribution
-
Projected change of marine biodiversity
0.754
Natural capital dependency
-
Ecological footprint
0.224
Protected biome
0.401
Engagement in international environmental conventions
0.862
Human Habitat
0.549
Projected change of warm periods
0.339
Projected change of flood hazard
0.703
Urban concentration
0.115
Age dependency ratio
0.721
Quality of trade and transport infrastructure
-
Paved roads
0.867
Infrastructure
0.243
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
0.083
Electricity access
0
Disaster preparedness
0.438