Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Samoa
Samoa: Proportion of total government spending on essential services was 42.4% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Samoa, 2010–2023
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
Samoa recorded 42.4% for proportion of total government spending on essential services in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is up 4.5% on the previous year and up 8.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of total government spending on essential services in Samoa peaked at 42.4% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 31.0%, in 2018.
Samoa ranks 67th of 114 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 35.9% | 31.0% | 40.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 39.6% | 36.3% | 42.4% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
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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 proportion of total government spending on essential services in Samoa?
- Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Samoa was 42.4% in 2023, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of total government spending on essential services recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 42.4% in 2023.
- What is the lowest proportion of total government spending on essential services recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 31.0% in 2018.
- How does Samoa rank for proportion of total government spending on essential services?
- Samoa ranks 67th out of 114 countries with data for 2023.
- Is proportion of total government spending on essential services rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Samoa data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Proportion of total government spending on essential services (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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