Liquid liabilities to GDP in Samoa
Samoa: Liquid liabilities to GDP was 51.9% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Liquid liabilities to GDP in Samoa, 1982–2021
Source: International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
Samoa recorded 51.9% for liquid liabilities to gdp in 2021. That is the highest value across all 40 years on record.
The figure is up 3.7% on the previous year and up 61.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, liquid liabilities to gdp in Samoa peaked at 51.9% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 22.0%, in 1984.
Samoa ranks 116th of 184 countries on this measure, 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 | 29.3% | 22.0% | 37.6% | 8 |
| 1990s | 33.7% | 25.1% | 43.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 34.5% | 28.1% | 39.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 37.1% | 32.1% | 45.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 51.0% | 50.1% | 51.9% | 2 |
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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 liquid liabilities to gdp in Samoa?
- Liquid liabilities to gdp in Samoa was 51.9% in 2021, according to International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest liquid liabilities to gdp recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 51.9% in 2021.
- What is the lowest liquid liabilities to gdp recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 22.0% in 1984.
- How does Samoa rank for liquid liabilities to gdp?
- Samoa ranks 116th out of 184 countries with data for 2021.
- Is liquid liabilities to gdp rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 61.8%. 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 Liquid liabilities to GDP (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Ratio of liquid liabilities to GDP, calculated using the following deflation method: {(0.5)*[Ft/P_et + Ft-1/P_et-1]}/[GDPt/P_at] where F is liquid liabilities, 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. Liquid liabilities (IFS lines 55L or, if not available, line 35L); 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) For Eurocurrency area countries liquid liabilities are estimated by summing IFS items 34A, 34B and 35.