Bananas — Production, per capita in Samoa
Samoa: Bananas — Production, per capita was 0.1002 t per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Bananas — Production, per capita in Samoa, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in t per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for bananas — production, per capita in Samoa is 0.1002 t per person, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.2% on the previous year and down 12.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — production, per capita in Samoa peaked at 0.371 t per person in 1962 and was at its lowest, 0.052 t per person, in 1994.
That places Samoa 11th out of 128 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Bananas — Production, per capita in Samoa, year by year
| Year | t per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.3117 t per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.371 t per person | +19.0% |
| 1963 | 0.3367 t per person | -9.2% |
| 1964 | 0.3203 t per person | -4.9% |
| 1965 | 0.2579 t per person | -19.5% |
| 1966 | 0.1144 t per person | -55.6% |
| 1967 | 0.1645 t per person | +43.7% |
| 1968 | 0.1617 t per person | -1.7% |
| 1969 | 0.1881 t per person | +16.3% |
| 1970 | 0.1781 t per person | -5.3% |
| 1971 | 0.1825 t per person | +2.5% |
| 1972 | 0.1522 t per person | -16.6% |
| 1973 | 0.1502 t per person | -1.4% |
| 1974 | 0.1472 t per person | -2.0% |
| 1975 | 0.1435 t per person | -2.6% |
| 1976 | 0.1464 t per person | +2.0% |
| 1977 | 0.1252 t per person | -14.5% |
| 1978 | 0.1239 t per person | -1.0% |
| 1979 | 0.1228 t per person | -0.9% |
| 1980 | 0.1217 t per person | -0.9% |
| 1981 | 0.1328 t per person | +9.1% |
| 1982 | 0.1321 t per person | -0.5% |
| 1983 | 0.132 t per person | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 0.1331 t per person | +0.9% |
| 1985 | 0.1337 t per person | +0.4% |
| 1986 | 0.1353 t per person | +1.2% |
| 1987 | 0.1372 t per person | +1.4% |
| 1988 | 0.1384 t per person | +0.9% |
| 1989 | 0.077 t per person | -44.3% |
| 1990 | 0.0828 t per person | +7.5% |
| 1991 | 0.059 t per person | -28.7% |
| 1992 | 0.0528 t per person | -10.5% |
| 1993 | 0.0524 t per person | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 0.052 t per person | -0.8% |
| 1995 | 0.0687 t per person | +32.3% |
| 1996 | 0.0795 t per person | +15.7% |
| 1997 | 0.0901 t per person | +13.3% |
| 1998 | 0.1062 t per person | +17.8% |
| 1999 | 0.1109 t per person | +4.5% |
| 2000 | 0.1101 t per person | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 0.1092 t per person | -0.8% |
| 2002 | 0.1165 t per person | +6.7% |
| 2003 | 0.1156 t per person | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 0.1158 t per person | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 0.1161 t per person | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 0.1172 t per person | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 0.1219 t per person | +4.0% |
| 2008 | 0.1249 t per person | +2.5% |
| 2009 | 0.1332 t per person | +6.6% |
| 2010 | 0.1288 t per person | -3.3% |
| 2011 | 0.1256 t per person | -2.5% |
| 2012 | 0.1223 t per person | -2.6% |
| 2013 | 0.1189 t per person | -2.8% |
| 2014 | 0.1141 t per person | -4.1% |
| 2015 | 0.1086 t per person | -4.8% |
| 2016 | 0.1086 t per person | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.1093 t per person | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 0.1095 t per person | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.1096 t per person | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 0.1097 t per person | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 0.1023 t per person | -6.7% |
| 2022 | 0.0998 t per person | -2.5% |
| 2023 | 0.1025 t per person | +2.7% |
| 2024 | 0.1002 t per person | -2.2% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 0.1002 t per person is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0158 t per person, 6.3× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 0.1002 t per person is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.0144 t per person, 7.0× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bananas — Production, per capita 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | -55.6% | 0.2579 t per person | 0.1144 t per person |
| 1967 | +43.7% | 0.1144 t per person | 0.1645 t per person |
| 1989 | -44.3% | 0.1384 t per person | 0.077 t per person |
| 1995 | +32.3% | 0.052 t per person | 0.0687 t per person |
| 1991 | -28.7% | 0.0828 t per person | 0.059 t per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.2474 t per person | 0.1144 t per person | 0.371 t per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.1472 t per person | 0.1228 t per person | 0.1825 t per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.1273 t per person | 0.077 t per person | 0.1384 t per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0755 t per person | 0.052 t per person | 0.1109 t per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.1181 t per person | 0.1092 t per person | 0.1332 t per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1155 t per person | 0.1086 t per person | 0.1288 t per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1029 t per person | 0.0998 t per person | 0.1097 t per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
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 bananas — production, per capita in Samoa?
- Bananas — production, per capita in Samoa was 0.1002 t per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest bananas — production, per capita recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.371 t per person in 1962.
- What is the lowest bananas — production, per capita recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.052 t per person in 1994.
- How does Samoa rank for bananas — production, per capita?
- Samoa ranks 11th out of 128 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — production, per capita rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Samoa data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Bananas — Production, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Bananas — Production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Bananas — Production ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Bananas — Production Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Bananas — Production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.