All food groups — Selenium supply — Value in Samoa
Samoa: All food groups — Selenium supply — Value was 35 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
All food groups — Selenium supply — Value in Samoa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in μg/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2023, all food groups — selenium supply — value in Samoa stood at 35 μg/cap/d.
The figure is down 2.8% on the previous year and up 9.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, all food groups — selenium supply — value in Samoa peaked at 36 μg/cap/d in 2018 and was at its lowest, 32 μg/cap/d, in 2013.
That places Samoa 7th out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
All food groups — Selenium supply — Value in Samoa, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 34 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 33 μg/cap/d | -2.9% |
| 2012 | 33 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 32 μg/cap/d | -3.0% |
| 2014 | 33 μg/cap/d | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 33 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 33 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 33 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 36 μg/cap/d | +9.1% |
| 2019 | 34 μg/cap/d | -5.6% |
| 2020 | 34 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 36 μg/cap/d | +5.9% |
| 2022 | 36 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 35 μg/cap/d | -2.8% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 35 μg/cap/d is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 8.5 μg/cap/d, 4.1× the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 35 μg/cap/d is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 21 μg/cap/d, 1.7× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 33.4 μg/cap/d | 32 μg/cap/d | 36 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 35.25 μg/cap/d | 34 μg/cap/d | 36 μg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
- 4 Republic of Korea 38 μg/cap/d compare
- 4 Republic of Moldova 12 μg/cap/d compare
- 5 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 7 μg/cap/d compare
- 5 Tuvalu 37 μg/cap/d compare
- 6 China, Hong Kong SAR 36 μg/cap/d compare
- 6 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 6 μg/cap/d compare
- 6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 6 μg/cap/d compare
- 8 French Polynesia 33 μg/cap/d compare
- 8 Seychelles 33 μg/cap/d compare
- 8 Timor-Leste 5 μg/cap/d compare
- 9 Türkiye 3 μg/cap/d compare
- 9 United Republic of Tanzania 3 μg/cap/d compare
- 10 China, Macao SAR 32 μg/cap/d compare
- 10 Malaysia 32 μg/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Samoa
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.65 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0909 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 533.81 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.586 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.8249 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 9.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 9.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is all food groups — selenium supply — value in Samoa?
- All food groups — selenium supply — value in Samoa was 35 μg/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest all food groups — selenium supply — value recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 36 μg/cap/d in 2018.
- What is the lowest all food groups — selenium supply — value recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 32 μg/cap/d in 2013.
- How does Samoa rank for all food groups — selenium supply — value?
- Samoa ranks 7th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is all food groups — selenium supply — value rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Samoa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of All food groups — Selenium supply — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The dataset presents average daily per capita macro and micro nutrient availability by country and by FAO/WHO GIFT food groups (that are different from those used for the Food Balance Sheets), expressed in grams/milligrams/micrograms/kcal per capita per day. The population numbers used to calculate these statistics can be found in the Supply Utilization Accounts (SUA) dataset of FAOSTAT, as Total Population. Food availability quantities are derived from the SUA dataset. SUAs present a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply and utilization during a specified reference period. The SUA shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per capita supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it.