Samoa Fact Sheet

Database: Date of Independence for Modern Countries

Record Name Year Country Previous Ruler Country Date
American Samoa Country Formation Date American Samoa US Territory
Samoa Country Formation Date 1962 Samoa UN trusteeship January 1, 1962

Database: Death Rates by Country

Record Name Country Death Rate (per 1000 persons) Source
Death Rate for Samoa Samoa 5.4 Wikipedia

Database: United States Minimum Wages By State

Record Name State Minimum Wage Notes Source
Minimum Wage for American Samoa American Samoa $2.68-$4.09 Varies by industry. Wikipedia

Database: World Widfe life Expectancy by Country

Record Name Country Source Life Expectancy Rank
American Samoa Life Expectancy American Samoa World Fact Book 76.25 67
Samoa Life Expectancy Samoa World Fact Book 71.30 122

Database: World Oil Production by Country

Record Name Country Year Source Barrels per Day
American Samoa Oil Production American Samoa 2006 2006 CIA World Factbook 0
Samoa Oil Production Samoa 2006 2006 CIA World Factbook 0

Database: USA State Motto List

Record Name State Country Motto Translation (if applicable) Source
State Motto for American Samoa American Samoa Samoa, Muamua Le Atua (Samoan, Samoa, Let God be First) Wikipedia

Database: 2006 World Monuments Fund Complete Watch List

Record Name Country Organization Name Source
Pulemelei Mound (SAMOA) Samoa Pulemelei Mound World Monuments Fund

Database: Number of Airports in World Countries

Record Name Country Year Airports Source
Number of Airports in American Samoa American Samoa 2007 3 CIA World Fact Book
Number of Airports in Kingman Reef Kingman Reef 2006 lagoon was used as a halfway station between Hawaii and American Samoa by Pan American Airways for flying boats in 1937 and 1938 CIA World Fact Book
Number of Airports in Samoa Samoa 2007 4 CIA World Fact Book
Number of Airports in United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges 2,409 m paved Baker Island: one abandoned World War II runway of 1,665 m covered with vegetation and unusable Howland Island: airstrip constructed in 1937 for scheduled refueling stop on the round-the-world flight of Amelia EARHART and Fred NOONAN; the aviators left Lae, New Guinea, for Howland Island but were never seen again; the airstrip is no longer serviceable Johnston Atoll: one closed and not maintained Kingman Reef: lagoon was used as a halfway station between Hawaii and American Samoa by Pan American Airways for flying boats in 1937 and 1938 Midway Islands: 3 - one operational CIA World Fact Book

Database: Local Names of World Countries

Record Name Country Local Name
Local Name for American Samoa American Samoa American Samoa
Local Name for Samoa Samoa Samoa

Database: Unemployment rate for world countries

Record Name Country Rate (Percent) Note Source
Unemployment rate for American Samoa (United States) American Samoa (United States) 29.80 2005 Wikipedia

Database: United States Medal of Honor Statistics

Record Name War Country Total Army Navy Marines Air Force Coast Guard Posthumous Source
Samoa Medal of Honor Citations Samoa United States 4 0 1 3 0 0 0 United States Army

Database: World Literacy Rates

Record Name Country Source Total Men Women Year
Samoa Literacy Rate Samoa UNESCO 99.7 percent 99.7 percent 99.7 percent 2005

Database: Internet Country Codes

Record Name Country Internet Code
AS American Samoa American Samoa AS
WS Samoa Samoa WS

Database: Prison Population by Country

Record Name Year Source
Prison population for Samoa 2007 Human Development Reports (UNDP)

Database: Global Alcohol Consumption by Country

Record Name Country 1975 (liters per year) 1979 (liters per year) 2003 (liters per year) 2004 (liters per year) Source
Average total alchohol consumption per person for American Samoa American Samoa n/a n/a 0.16 n/a World Health Organization
Average total alchohol consumption per person for Samoa Samoa n/a n/a 1.73 n/a World Health Organization

Database: Country Population (2002)

Record Name Country Capital City Year Land Area Population Source
Samoa Samoa Apia 2002 2,944 178,631 The World Factbook 2002, CIA
American Samoa American Samoa Pago Pago 2002 199 68,688 The World Factbook 2002, CIA

Database: List of Carbon Emissions by Country

Record Name Country Source Thousand Metric Tonnes per Capita (per thousand people)
Samoa CO2 Carbon Emissions Samoa World Resources Institute 145.5 0.820703

Database: Coastline of world countries

Record Name Country Coastline (KM)
Samoa Ocean Coastline Length Samoa 403
American Samoa Ocean Coastline Length American Samoa 116

Database: Inflation rates by country (2003)

Record Name Country Source Rate (2003) Rate (2002) Rate (2001) Rate (2000)
SAMOA Inflation Rate Samoa International Monetary Fund n.a. n.a. 1.5 1

Database: Capital Cities of World Countries

Record Name Country Capital City Country Long Name FIPS code
Independent State of Samoa (Samoa) Samoa Apia Independent State of Samoa WS

Database: World Currency List

Record Name Country Symbol Subdivision Name
American Samoa American Samoa see United States
Samoa (Western) Samoa (Western) see Western Samoa
Samoa (America) Samoa (America) see United States
Western Samoa Western Samoa WS$ 100 sene tala

Database: Country GDP (2005)

Record Name Country Year Source GDP GDP per Capita Real Growth Rate Inflation
Samoa GDP Samoa 2005 The World Factbook 2006 1 billion 5,600 5.0 4.0

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