Broad money in Samoa
Samoa: Broad money was 50.7% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Broad money in Samoa, 1970–2025
Source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Samoa recorded 50.7% for broad money in 2025.
That represents a change of down 7.2% on the previous year and up 16.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, broad money in Samoa peaked at 61.7% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 8.2%, in 1970.
That places Samoa 99th out of 166 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 56 years of available data.
Broad money in Samoa, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 8.2% | — |
| 1971 | 8.9% | +8.7% |
| 1972 | 9.2% | +2.6% |
| 1973 | 9.6% | +4.8% |
| 1974 | 10.2% | +5.6% |
| 1975 | 10.6% | +4.5% |
| 1976 | 11.3% | +6.4% |
| 1977 | 12.0% | +6.4% |
| 1978 | 13.0% | +7.9% |
| 1979 | 14.6% | +12.9% |
| 1980 | 17.0% | +15.8% |
| 1981 | 26.8% | +58.2% |
| 1982 | 30.3% | +12.9% |
| 1983 | 22.4% | -25.9% |
| 1984 | 21.4% | -4.7% |
| 1985 | 24.4% | +14.1% |
| 1986 | 28.0% | +14.6% |
| 1987 | 34.0% | +21.6% |
| 1988 | 31.4% | -7.6% |
| 1989 | 36.4% | +15.8% |
| 1990 | 41.7% | +14.5% |
| 1991 | 39.4% | -5.4% |
| 1992 | 36.6% | -7.0% |
| 1993 | 35.5% | -3.2% |
| 1994 | 24.6% | -30.6% |
| 1995 | 30.9% | +25.3% |
| 1996 | 29.3% | -5.2% |
| 1997 | 29.9% | +2.3% |
| 1998 | 29.0% | -3.0% |
| 1999 | 32.5% | +12.0% |
| 2000 | 35.3% | +8.4% |
| 2001 | 33.7% | -4.4% |
| 2002 | 34.6% | +2.8% |
| 2003 | 36.6% | +5.6% |
| 2004 | 35.9% | -1.9% |
| 2005 | 37.5% | +4.3% |
| 2006 | 39.6% | +5.8% |
| 2007 | 40.7% | +2.8% |
| 2008 | 38.7% | -5.0% |
| 2009 | 41.7% | +7.7% |
| 2010 | 44.1% | +5.7% |
| 2011 | 40.2% | -8.8% |
| 2012 | 39.5% | -1.8% |
| 2013 | 41.0% | +3.8% |
| 2014 | 44.3% | +8.0% |
| 2015 | 43.5% | -1.8% |
| 2016 | 43.0% | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 48.7% | +13.3% |
| 2018 | 52.7% | +8.2% |
| 2019 | 52.0% | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 55.9% | +7.5% |
| 2021 | 60.3% | +7.9% |
| 2022 | 61.7% | +2.4% |
| 2023 | 57.0% | -7.7% |
| 2024 | 54.6% | -4.1% |
| 2025 | 50.7% | -7.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 10.8% | 8.2% | 14.6% | 10 |
| 1980s | 27.2% | 17.0% | 36.4% | 10 |
| 1990s | 32.9% | 24.6% | 41.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 37.4% | 33.7% | 41.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 44.9% | 39.5% | 52.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 56.7% | 50.7% | 61.7% | 6 |
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More financial sector data for Samoa
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 3,160 current LCU per person (2009)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 0.9636 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2009)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate -0.0979 % change on previous year (2009)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 400.96 million SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 433.07 million SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 436.90 million SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 436.93 million SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 1,992 SDR per person (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), annual growth rate 12.23 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) (SDR), per capita 1,992 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is broad money in Samoa?
- Broad money in Samoa was 50.7% in 2025, according to International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest broad money recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 61.7% in 2022.
- What is the lowest broad money recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.2% in 1970.
- How does Samoa rank for broad money?
- Samoa ranks 99th out of 166 countries with data for 2025.
- Is broad money rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Samoa data come from?
- The figures come from International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Broad money (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Broad money is the sum of all liquid financial instruments held by money-holding sectors that are widely accepted in an economy as a medium of exchange, plus those that can be converted into a medium of exchange at short notice at, or close to, their full nominal value. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.