Share of cereals allocated to human food in Samoa
Samoa: Share of cereals allocated to human food was 100.0% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Share of cereals allocated to human food in Samoa, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Samoa recorded 100.0% for share of cereals allocated to human food in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of cereals allocated to human food in Samoa peaked at 100.0% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 70.0%, in 1980.
That places Samoa 1st out of 191 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 82.6% | 80.0% | 85.7% | 9 |
| 1970s | 84.5% | 77.8% | 88.9% | 10 |
| 1980s | 81.1% | 70.0% | 88.9% | 10 |
| 1990s | 85.1% | 83.3% | 86.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 84.8% | 70.6% | 86.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 98.8% | 92.3% | 100.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
- 1 Guinea-Bissau 100.0% compare
- 1 Kiribati 100.0% compare
- 1 Maldives 100.0% compare
- 1 Marshall Islands 100.0% compare
- 1 Micronesia (country) 100.0% compare
- 1 Nauru 100.0% compare
- 1 Sao Tome and Principe 100.0% compare
More agriculture & rural data for Samoa
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 117.07 million current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 9.1% (2025)
- Rural population 180,913 (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.6% (2025)
- Rural population 82.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 9.1% (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 9.1% (2025)
- Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture 13 metric tons (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of cereals allocated to human food in Samoa?
- Share of cereals allocated to human food in Samoa was 100.0% in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of cereals allocated to human food recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 2010.
- What is the lowest share of cereals allocated to human food recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 70.0% in 1980.
- How does Samoa rank for share of cereals allocated to human food?
- Samoa ranks 1st out of 191 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of cereals allocated to human food rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. 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 (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of cereals allocated to human food. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Share of cereals available for domestic use – after accounting for trade – that is allocated to direct human consumption, relative to the total used for human food, animal feed, and industrial purposes. This excludes cereals used for seed, processing, and losses.