Total reported number of Standard Material Transfer … SMTAs, number in Samoa
Samoa: Total reported number of Standard Material Transfer … SMTAs, number was 9 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Total reported number of Standard Material Transfer Agreements in Samoa, 2012–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
Samoa recorded 9 for total reported number of standard material transfer agreements in 2025. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 80.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total reported number of standard material transfer agreements in Samoa peaked at 9 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0, in 2012.
That places Samoa 168th out of 266 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Total reported number of Standard Material Transfer … SMTAs, number in Samoa, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 0 | — |
| 2013 | 2 | — |
| 2014 | 3 | +50.0% |
| 2015 | 5 | +66.7% |
| 2016 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 6 | +20.0% |
| 2018 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 9 | +50.0% |
| 2020 | 9 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 9 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 9 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 9 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 9 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 9 | +0.0% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 9 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 113, 8% of the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 9 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 22, 41% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 4.5 | 0 | 9 | 8 |
| 2020s | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
- 165 Chad 13 compare
- 166 Timor-Leste 12 compare
- 166 East Timor 12 compare
- 168 Brunei Darussalam 9 compare
- 168 Solomon Islands 9 compare
- 168 Brunei 9 compare
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 total reported number of standard material transfer agreements in Samoa?
- Total reported number of standard material transfer agreements in Samoa was 9 in 2025, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest total reported number of standard material transfer agreements recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 9 in 2019.
- What is the lowest total reported number of standard material transfer agreements recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 in 2012.
- How does Samoa rank for total reported number of standard material transfer agreements?
- Samoa ranks 168th out of 266 countries with data for 2025.
- Is total reported number of standard material transfer agreements rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 80.0%. 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 Total reported number of Standard Material Transfer Agreements (SMTAs) transferring plant genetic resources for food and agriculture to the country (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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