ICT goods imports (% total goods imports) in Samoa
Samoa: ICT goods imports (% total goods imports) was 3.3% in 2024. ▼ Falling
ICT goods imports in Samoa, 2001–2024
Source: UNCTADstat database, UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). Measured in % total goods imports.
Analysis
The most recent figure for ict goods imports in Samoa is 3.3%, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 58.7% on the previous year and down 13.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ict goods imports in Samoa peaked at 7.4% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 1.3%, in 2009.
That places Samoa 112th out of 188 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.
ICT goods imports (% total goods imports) in Samoa, year by year
| Year | % total goods imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 3.0% | — |
| 2002 | 3.5% | +15.6% |
| 2003 | 3.7% | +5.5% |
| 2004 | 2.4% | -35.4% |
| 2005 | 2.0% | -13.9% |
| 2006 | 7.4% | +264.2% |
| 2007 | 3.5% | -53.2% |
| 2008 | 2.6% | -24.4% |
| 2009 | 1.3% | -51.0% |
| 2010 | 2.4% | +83.7% |
| 2011 | 2.8% | +16.5% |
| 2012 | 2.7% | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 2.7% | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 3.8% | +38.7% |
| 2015 | 2.8% | -25.8% |
| 2016 | 3.9% | +38.7% |
| 2017 | 3.2% | -16.5% |
| 2018 | 3.3% | +3.1% |
| 2019 | 4.1% | +22.5% |
| 2021 | 3.1% | -22.8% |
| 2022 | 2.8% | -11.4% |
| 2023 | 2.1% | -26.2% |
| 2024 | 3.3% | +58.7% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 3.3% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4.5%, 72% of the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 3.3% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 3.8%, 86% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where ICT goods imports (% total goods imports) in Samoa changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +264.2% | 2.0% | 7.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.3% | 1.3% | 7.4% | 9 |
| 2010s | 3.2% | 2.4% | 4.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.8% | 2.1% | 3.3% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
More infrastructure data for Samoa
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 134,320 (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 62.4 per 100 people (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 4,567 (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 2.12 per 100 people (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.0212 units per person (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate -23.88 % change on previous year (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 4,567 (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 0.624 units per person (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ict goods imports in Samoa?
- Ict goods imports in Samoa was 3.3% in 2024, according to UNCTADstat database, UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
- What is the highest ict goods imports recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 7.4% in 2006.
- What is the lowest ict goods imports recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.3% in 2009.
- How does Samoa rank for ict goods imports?
- Samoa ranks 112th out of 188 countries with data for 2024.
- Is ict goods imports rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Samoa data come from?
- The figures come from UNCTADstat database, UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), published as part of ICT goods imports (% total goods imports). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 23 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
Information and communication technology goods imports include computers and peripheral equipment, communication equipment, consumer electronic equipment, electronic components, and other information and technology goods (miscellaneous).