Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield in Samoa
Samoa: Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield was 5,156 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield in Samoa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, unmanufactured tobacco — yield in Samoa stood at 5,156 kg/ha.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 13.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unmanufactured tobacco — yield in Samoa peaked at 5,219 kg/ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 1,000 kg/ha, in 1963.
That places Samoa 4th out of 128 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield in Samoa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,000 kg/ha | -50.0% |
| 1964 | 1,833 kg/ha | +83.3% |
| 1965 | 2,444 kg/ha | +33.3% |
| 1966 | 2,750 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1967 | 2,933 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1968 | 3,056 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1969 | 3,190 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1970 | 3,333 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1971 | 3,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 3,400 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1973 | 3,485 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1974 | 3,514 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1975 | 3,625 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1976 | 3,750 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1977 | 3,750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 3,750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 3,750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 3,750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 3,750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 3,750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 3,750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 3,750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 3,750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 3,750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 3,750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 3,750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 3,750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 3,189 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 1991 | 3,204 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 3,260 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1993 | 3,375 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1994 | 3,347 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1995 | 3,381 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1996 | 3,415 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1997 | 3,449 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 3,482 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1999 | 3,515 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 3,500 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 3,578 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2002 | 3,607 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 3,636 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 3,671 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 3,708 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 3,726 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 3,556 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2008 | 3,958 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 2009 | 4,173 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2010 | 4,600 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 2011 | 4,600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 4,565 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 4,565 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 4,555 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 4,821 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2016 | 5,007 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2017 | 5,219 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2018 | 5,015 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2019 | 5,156 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2020 | 5,217 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 5,129 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 5,168 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 5,171 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 5,156 kg/ha | -0.3% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 5,156 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,027 kg/ha, 2.5× the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 5,156 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1,912 kg/ha, 2.7× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | +83.3% | 1,000 kg/ha | 1,833 kg/ha |
| 1963 | -50.0% | 2,000 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha |
| 1965 | +33.3% | 1,833 kg/ha | 2,444 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,356 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 3,190 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,569 kg/ha | 3,333 kg/ha | 3,750 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,750 kg/ha | 3,750 kg/ha | 3,750 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,362 kg/ha | 3,189 kg/ha | 3,515 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,711 kg/ha | 3,500 kg/ha | 4,173 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,810 kg/ha | 4,555 kg/ha | 5,219 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,168 kg/ha | 5,129 kg/ha | 5,217 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
- 1 Lao People's Democratic Republic 6,226 kg/ha compare
- 1 United Arab Emirates 15,865 kg/ha compare
- 2 Peru 11,265 kg/ha compare
- 2 Polynesia 5,156 kg/ha compare
- 3 Sri Lanka 7,602 kg/ha compare
- 3 Viet Nam 2,694 kg/ha compare
- 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1,980 kg/ha compare
- 5 Jordan 5,135 kg/ha compare
- 6 Oman 4,519 kg/ha compare
- 6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1,857 kg/ha compare
- 7 Cyprus 4,319 kg/ha compare
- 7 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1,485 kg/ha 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 unmanufactured tobacco — yield in Samoa?
- Unmanufactured tobacco — yield in Samoa was 5,156 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest unmanufactured tobacco — yield recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 5,219 kg/ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest unmanufactured tobacco — yield recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,000 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does Samoa rank for unmanufactured tobacco — yield?
- Samoa ranks 4th out of 128 countries with data for 2024.
- Is unmanufactured tobacco — yield rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.2%. 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 Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.