Real interest rate in Samoa
Samoa: Real interest rate was 2.1% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Real interest rate in Samoa, 2001–2025
Source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for real interest rate in Samoa is 2.1%, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 40,562.4% on the previous year and down 60.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, real interest rate in Samoa peaked at 16.7% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2024.
That places Samoa 104th out of 149 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Real interest rate in Samoa, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 7.9% | — |
| 2002 | 9.8% | +23.7% |
| 2003 | 8.5% | -13.3% |
| 2004 | 3.9% | -54.4% |
| 2005 | 7.1% | +84.0% |
| 2006 | 6.1% | -14.3% |
| 2007 | 4.8% | -21.6% |
| 2008 | 3.2% | -32.4% |
| 2009 | 10.2% | +215.3% |
| 2010 | 16.7% | +63.5% |
| 2011 | 11.0% | -34.4% |
| 2012 | 5.6% | -48.9% |
| 2013 | 7.7% | +36.9% |
| 2014 | 9.1% | +18.4% |
| 2015 | 5.3% | -41.3% |
| 2016 | 6.7% | +25.6% |
| 2017 | 8.4% | +25.9% |
| 2018 | 7.8% | -7.9% |
| 2019 | 7.3% | -5.8% |
| 2020 | 7.4% | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 9.3% | +25.7% |
| 2022 | 5.6% | -39.7% |
| 2023 | 1.4% | -75.1% |
| 2024 | 0.0% | -99.6% |
| 2025 | 2.1% | +40562.4% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 2.1% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 5.2%, 41% of the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 2.1% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 5.0%, 42% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Real interest rate 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | +40562.4% | 0.0% | 2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.9% | 3.2% | 10.2% | 9 |
| 2010s | 8.6% | 5.3% | 16.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.3% | 0.0% | 9.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
- 101 Malta 2.4% compare
- 102 Moldova 2.3% compare
- 103 Montenegro 2.2% compare
- 105 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2.0% compare
- 106 Italy 2.0% compare
- 107 Switzerland 2.0% compare
More financial sector data for Samoa
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per capita 11.51 units per person (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0014 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per capita 8.41 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per capita 11.51 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, SDR, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is real interest rate in Samoa?
- Real interest rate in Samoa was 2.1% in 2025, according to International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest real interest rate recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 16.7% in 2010.
- What is the lowest real interest rate recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2024.
- How does Samoa rank for real interest rate?
- Samoa ranks 104th out of 149 countries with data for 2025.
- Is real interest rate rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 60.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Samoa data come from?
- The figures come from International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Real interest rate (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
An interest rate is the amount charged, expressed as a percentage of the principal over a period of time, by the owners of certain kinds of financial assets for putting the financial assets at the disposal of another institutional unit. The real interest rate is the lending interest rate adjusted for inflation as measured by the GDP deflator. The terms and conditions attached to lending rates differ by country, however, limiting their comparability. This indicator is expressed as a percentage (a÷b)*100.