Samoa
Government debt in Samoa
Government debt in Samoa: 59% of GDP in 1998 and 21.2% of GDP in 2025, by IMF estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 21.2% of GDP
- Since 1998
- −37.7 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 140 of 149
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2031
- 24.2% of GDP
- IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)
% of GDP · IMF
What the numbers say
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 24.2% of GDP in 2031.
- The highest was 59.4% of GDP in 1999, the lowest 21.2% of GDP in 2025.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | Samoa |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 21.2 |
| 2024 | 25.3 |
| 2023 | 31.8 |
| 2022 | 41 |
| 2021 | 45.5 |
| 2020 | 43.2 |
| 2019 | 44.3 |
| 2018 | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 46.7 |
| 2016 | 49 |
| 2015 | 56.4 |
| 2014 | 54.9 |
| 2013 | 54.1 |
| 2012 | 50.9 |
| 2011 | 41.5 |
| 2010 | 40.3 |
| 2009 | 33.3 |
| 2008 | 28.2 |
| 2007 | 31.5 |
| 2006 | 33.5 |
| 2005 | 34.2 |
| 2004 | 39.8 |
| 2003 | 42.8 |
| 2002 | 50.3 |
| 2001 | 53.8 |
| 2000 | 55.8 |
| 1999 | 59.4 |
| 1998 | 59 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Samoa |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 18.7 |
| 2027 | 19.3 |
| 2028 | 20.6 |
| 2029 | 22.3 |
| 2030 | 23.5 |
| 2031 | 24.2 |
Good to know
- What the government owes, as a share of the economy’s yearly output.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 149 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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