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Aliases: Independent State of Samoa, Malo Sa'oloto Tuto'atasi o Samoa, Western SamoaObject «Samoa» was created due to
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| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Geography | |
| Area | 2,831 km² |
| Continent | Australia |
| Land area | 2,821 km² |
| Water area | 10 km² |
| Land boundaries | 0 km |
| Border countries | Add |
| Coastline | 403 km |
| Mean elevation | Add |
| Lowest point | 0 m |
| Highest point | 1,857 m |
| People | |
| Population | 203,774 |
| Official languages |
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| Religion | Protestant |
| Government | |
| Long country name | Independent State of Samoa |
| Short country name | Samoa |
| Long local name | Malo Sa'oloto Tuto'atasi o Samoa |
| Short local name | Samoa |
| Former name |
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| Government type | Parliamentary republic |
| Capital | Apia |
| Economy | |
| GDP (PPP) | 1,137,000,000 USD |
| GDP (OER) | 841,000,000 USD |
| GDP (real growth rate) | 2.5 % |
| GDP - per capita (PPP) | 5,700 USD |
| Gross national saving | Add |
| Labor force | 50,700 |
| Unemployment rate | 5.2 % |
| Population below poverty line | Add |
| Budget revenues | 237,300,000 USD |
| Budget expenditures | 276,800,000 USD |
| Military expenditures | Add |
| Taxes and other revenues | 28.2 % of GDP |
| Budget surplus or deficit | -4.7 % of GDP |
| Public debt | 49.1 % of GDP |
| Inflation rate | 1.3 % |
| Central bank discount rate | Add |
| Commercial bank prime lending rate | 8.76 % |
| Stock of narrow money | 147,000,000 USD |
| Stock of broad money | 147,000,000 USD |
| Stock of domestic credit | 404,300,000 USD |
| Market value of publicly traded shares | Add |
| Current account balance | -19,000,000 USD |
| Exports | 27,500,000 USD |
| Imports | 89,290,000,000 USD |
| Reserves of foreign exchange and gold | 133,000,000 USD |
| External debt | 447,200,000 USD |
| National currency | tala |
| National currency (code) | SAT |
| National currency (symbol) | Add |
| National currency rate to USD | 2.566 |
New Zealand occupied the German protectorate of Western Samoa at the outbreak of World War I in 1914. It continued to administer the islands as a mandate and then as a trust territory until 1962, when the islands became the first Polynesian nation to reestablish independence in the 20th century. The country dropped the "Western" from its name in 1997.
In the late 2000s, Samoa began making efforts to more closely align with Australia and New Zealand. In 2009, Samoa changed its driving orientation to the left side of the road, in line with other Commonwealth countries. In 2011, Samoa jumped forward one day - skipping December 30 - by moving to the west of the International Date Line so that it was one hour ahead of New Zealand and three hours ahead of the east coast of Australia, rather than 23 and 21 hours behind, respectively.
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