Samoa vs Small states: Merchandise exports to high-income economies
Merchandise exports to high-income economies over time
- Samoa
- Small states
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 95.0% against 71.5% in Small states, a difference of 23.5%.
That makes Samoa's figure about 1.3 times Small states's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1964 it was Samoa ahead.
Samoa ranks 6th and Small states ranks 9th of 206 countries.
Samoa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Samoa | Small states | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 98.6% | 92.2% | 6.4% | Samoa |
| 1970s | 97.8% | 92.2% | 5.6% | Samoa |
| 1980s | 98.6% | 91.2% | 7.4% | Samoa |
| 1990s | 97.2% | 87.6% | 9.5% | Samoa |
| 2000s | 99.1% | 82.1% | 17.0% | Samoa |
| 2010s | 96.0% | 73.3% | 22.7% | Samoa |
| 2020s | 96.9% | 71.5% | 25.5% | Samoa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher merchandise exports to high-income economies, Samoa or Small states?
- Samoa, at 95.0% against 71.5% in Small states as of 2023.
- What is the difference in merchandise exports to high-income economies between Samoa and Small states?
- 23.5%, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and Small states?
- 60 years are reported by both, from 1964 to 2023.
- How do Samoa and Small states rank globally for merchandise exports to high-income economies?
- Samoa ranks 6th and Small states ranks 9th of 206 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Staff estimates, World Bank (WB), published as Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Merchandise exports to high-income economies are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to high-income economies according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.