Travel services (% of commercial service exports) in Samoa
Samoa: Travel services (% of commercial service exports) was 72.9% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Travel services in Samoa, 1977–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service exports.
Analysis
In 2025, travel services in Samoa stood at 72.9%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.3% on the previous year and up 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Samoa peaked at 97.8% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 29.7%, in 2020.
That places Samoa 34th out of 198 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 44 years of available data.
Travel services (% of commercial service exports) in Samoa, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 52.6% | — |
| 1978 | 52.1% | -1.0% |
| 1979 | 66.7% | +28.0% |
| 1980 | 50.4% | -24.5% |
| 1981 | 49.0% | -2.7% |
| 1982 | 49.1% | +0.3% |
| 1983 | 55.9% | +13.8% |
| 1984 | 58.0% | +3.6% |
| 1985 | 66.8% | +15.2% |
| 1986 | 67.3% | +0.8% |
| 1987 | 60.3% | -10.4% |
| 1988 | 66.4% | +10.1% |
| 1989 | 68.3% | +2.8% |
| 1990 | 60.7% | -11.2% |
| 1991 | 59.0% | -2.8% |
| 1992 | 47.0% | -20.3% |
| 1993 | 58.1% | +23.6% |
| 1994 | 62.3% | +7.2% |
| 1995 | 65.7% | +5.5% |
| 1996 | 64.5% | -1.8% |
| 1997 | 65.4% | +1.4% |
| 1998 | 67.6% | +3.4% |
| 1999 | 97.8% | +44.5% |
| 2004 | 74.0% | -24.3% |
| 2005 | 56.5% | -23.7% |
| 2006 | 63.1% | +11.8% |
| 2007 | 61.1% | -3.2% |
| 2008 | 65.9% | +7.9% |
| 2009 | 71.3% | +8.1% |
| 2010 | 72.9% | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 74.3% | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 78.4% | +5.6% |
| 2013 | 66.0% | -15.9% |
| 2014 | 74.0% | +12.2% |
| 2015 | 71.6% | -3.2% |
| 2016 | 70.0% | -2.2% |
| 2017 | 69.1% | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 74.3% | +7.6% |
| 2019 | 72.1% | -2.9% |
| 2020 | 29.7% | -58.8% |
| 2022 | 42.5% | +42.9% |
| 2023 | 72.6% | +70.9% |
| 2024 | 70.5% | -2.8% |
| 2025 | 72.9% | +3.3% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 72.9% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 49.0%, 1.5× the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 72.9% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 48.6%, 1.5× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Travel services (% of commercial service exports) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | +70.9% | 42.5% | 72.6% |
| 2020 | -58.8% | 72.1% | 29.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 57.1% | 52.1% | 66.7% | 3 |
| 1980s | 59.1% | 49.0% | 68.3% | 10 |
| 1990s | 64.8% | 47.0% | 97.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 65.3% | 56.5% | 74.0% | 6 |
| 2010s | 72.3% | 66.0% | 78.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 57.6% | 29.7% | 72.9% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
More private sector data for Samoa
- Merchandise trade 38.1% (2025)
- Food imports 29.6% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 48.0% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 467.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 102.13 million current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 24.8% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 39.4% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 24.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 328.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 109.44 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Samoa?
- Travel services in Samoa was 72.9% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 97.8% in 1999.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 29.7% in 2020.
- How does Samoa rank for travel services?
- Samoa ranks 34th out of 198 countries with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Samoa data come from?
- The figures come from Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Travel services (% of commercial service exports). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Travel services cover goods and services for own use or to give away acquired from an economy by nonresidents during visits to that economy, or acquired from other economies by residents during visits to these other economies. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of service exports which are commercial services provided by residents to non-residents.