Financial system deposits to GDP in Samoa
Samoa: Financial system deposits to GDP was 59.2% in 2021. β² Rising
Financial system deposits to GDP in Samoa, 1982β2021
Source: International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
Samoa recorded 59.2% for financial system deposits to gdp in 2021. That is the highest value across all 40 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.8% on the previous year and up 60.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, financial system deposits to gdp in Samoa peaked at 59.2% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 18.5%, in 1984.
That places Samoa 90th out of 184 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 25.3% | 18.5% | 33.2% | 8 |
| 1990s | 29.8% | 22.1% | 38.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 33.3% | 30.4% | 38.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 42.5% | 36.9% | 50.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 58.4% | 57.6% | 59.2% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
- 87 Denmark 60.0% compare
- 88 Sri Lanka 59.7% compare
- 89 Lithuania, Republic of 59.4% compare
- 91 North Macedonia, Republic of 58.4% compare
- 92 El Salvador 57.6% compare
- 93 Panama 57.4% compare
More financial sector data for Samoa
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks 36.1% (2009)
- Total reserves in months of imports 12.37 (2025)
- Net domestic credit 605.12 million current LCU (2009)
- Net foreign assets 299.00 million current LCU (2009)
- Monetary Sector credit to private sector 36.3% (2009)
- Broad money 50.7% (2025)
- Claims on central government, etc. -19.4% (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector 65.5% (2025)
- Official exchange rate 2.79 LCU per US$, period average (2025)
- Net migration -2,815 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is financial system deposits to gdp in Samoa?
- Financial system deposits to gdp in Samoa was 59.2% in 2021, according to International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest financial system deposits to gdp recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 59.2% in 2021.
- What is the lowest financial system deposits to gdp recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.5% in 1984.
- How does Samoa rank for financial system deposits to gdp?
- Samoa ranks 90th out of 184 countries with data for 2021.
- Is financial system deposits to gdp rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 60.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Samoa data come from?
- The figures come from International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Financial system deposits to GDP (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Demand, time and saving deposits in deposit money banks and other financial institutions 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 demand and time and saving deposits, P_e is end-of period CPI, and P_a is average annual CPI. Raw data are from the electronic version of the IMFβs International Financial Statistics. Financial system deposits (IFS lines 24, 25, 44, and 45); 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).