Deposit money banks'' assets to GDP in Samoa
Samoa: Deposit money banks'' assets to GDP was 58.9% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Deposit money banks'' assets to GDP in Samoa, 1982–2021
Source: International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2021, deposit money banks'' assets to gdp in Samoa stood at 58.9%. That is the highest value across all 40 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.5% on the previous year and up 30.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, deposit money banks'' assets to gdp in Samoa peaked at 58.9% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 14.7%, in 1994.
That places Samoa 98th out of 187 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Deposit money banks'' assets to GDP in Samoa, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 28.8% | — |
| 1983 | 20.1% | -30.2% |
| 1984 | 16.5% | -17.8% |
| 1985 | 16.7% | +1.2% |
| 1986 | 18.3% | +9.4% |
| 1987 | 20.0% | +9.2% |
| 1988 | 18.3% | -8.3% |
| 1989 | 18.2% | -0.7% |
| 1990 | 22.4% | +23.4% |
| 1991 | 22.9% | +2.1% |
| 1992 | 23.4% | +2.0% |
| 1993 | 25.0% | +6.9% |
| 1994 | 14.7% | -41.3% |
| 1995 | 18.4% | +25.3% |
| 1996 | 19.2% | +4.5% |
| 1997 | 20.1% | +4.4% |
| 1998 | 22.5% | +12.2% |
| 1999 | 28.2% | +25.1% |
| 2000 | 30.6% | +8.6% |
| 2001 | 31.9% | +4.2% |
| 2002 | 31.8% | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 32.2% | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 31.8% | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 36.0% | +13.3% |
| 2006 | 43.1% | +19.9% |
| 2007 | 37.6% | -12.9% |
| 2008 | 40.6% | +8.1% |
| 2009 | 44.2% | +8.7% |
| 2010 | 43.4% | -1.8% |
| 2011 | 45.2% | +4.2% |
| 2012 | 45.8% | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 45.0% | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 46.6% | +3.5% |
| 2015 | 44.8% | -3.8% |
| 2016 | 48.5% | +8.2% |
| 2017 | 49.6% | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 50.9% | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 51.5% | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 57.4% | +11.5% |
| 2021 | 58.9% | +2.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 19.6% | 16.5% | 28.8% | 8 |
| 1990s | 21.7% | 14.7% | 28.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 36.0% | 30.6% | 44.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 47.1% | 43.4% | 51.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 58.1% | 57.4% | 58.9% | 2 |
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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 deposit money banks'' assets to gdp in Samoa?
- Deposit money banks'' assets to gdp in Samoa was 58.9% in 2021, according to International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest deposit money banks'' assets to gdp recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 58.9% in 2021.
- What is the lowest deposit money banks'' assets to gdp recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.7% in 1994.
- How does Samoa rank for deposit money banks'' assets to gdp?
- Samoa ranks 98th out of 187 countries with data for 2021.
- Is deposit money banks'' assets to gdp rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Samoa data come from?
- The figures come from International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Deposit money banks'' assets to GDP (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Claims on domestic real nonfinancial sector by deposit money banks as a share of GDP, calculated using the following deflation method: {(0.5)*[Ft/P_et + Ft-1/P_et-1]}/[GDPt/P_at] where F is deposit money bank claims, P_e is end-of period CPI, and P_a is average annual CPI. Raw data are from the electronic version of the IMF’s International Financial Statistics. Deposit money bank assets (IFS lines 22, a-d); GDP in local currency (IFS line 99B..ZF or, if not available, line 99B.CZF); end-of period CPI (IFS line 64M..ZF or, if not available, 64Q..ZF); and average annual CPI is calculated using the monthly CPI values (IFS line 64M..ZF).