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Government debt

Samoa

Samoa. General government gross debt. Put borrowing in the context of the economy and explore how it has changed over time.

Debt / GDP · 202521.2%History / IMF estimates
Debt, US$ bn · 20250.273056History / IMF estimates
Per person, US$ · 20251,288History / IMF estimates
GDP, US$ bn · 20251.3History / IMF estimates

What the figures show

History / IMF estimates

Samoa: IMF data and estimates put government debt at 21.2% of GDP in 2025. The derived debt amount is US$ 0.273056 billion.

  • The debt-to-GDP ratio is 4.1 percentage points below its 2024 level.
  • This is below the median of 52.85% of GDP across 192 countries with data for the selected year.
  • Over 2015–2025, the debt-to-GDP ratio decreases by 35.2 percentage points.

The median is not weighted by economic size. A change in the debt-to-GDP ratio does not necessarily imply the same change in the debt amount. About the data ↗

Government debt over time

Debt as % of GDP. Dashed lines: current-year estimate/projection and future projections.

Government debt over time02550751002000200520102015202020252031Samoa · 2000: 55.8% — History / IMF estimatesSamoa · 2001: 53.8% — History / IMF estimatesSamoa · 2002: 50.3% — History / IMF estimatesSamoa · 2003: 42.8% — History / IMF estimatesSamoa · 2004: 39.8% — History / IMF estimatesSamoa · 2005: 34.2% — History / IMF estimatesSamoa · 2006: 33.5% — History / IMF estimatesSamoa · 2007: 31.5% — History / IMF estimatesSamoa · 2008: 28.2% — History / IMF estimatesSamoa · 2009: 33.3% — History / IMF estimatesSamoa · 2010: 40.3% — History / IMF estimatesSamoa · 2011: 41.5% — History / IMF estimatesSamoa · 2012: 50.9% — History / IMF estimatesSamoa · 2013: 54.1% — History / IMF estimatesSamoa · 2014: 54.9% — History / IMF estimatesSamoa · 2015: 56.4% — History / IMF estimatesSamoa · 2016: 49.0% — History / IMF estimatesSamoa · 2017: 46.7% — History / IMF estimatesSamoa · 2018: 49.4% — History / IMF estimatesSamoa · 2019: 44.3% — History / IMF estimatesSamoa · 2020: 43.2% — History / IMF estimatesSamoa · 2021: 45.4% — History / IMF estimatesSamoa · 2022: 41.0% — History / IMF estimatesSamoa · 2023: 31.8% — History / IMF estimatesSamoa · 2024: 25.3% — History / IMF estimatesSamoa · 2025: 21.2% — History / IMF estimatesSamoa · 2026: 18.6% — IMF estimate / projectionSamoa · 2027: 19.3% — IMF projectionSamoa · 2028: 20.6% — IMF projectionSamoa · 2029: 22.2% — IMF projectionSamoa · 2030: 23.5% — IMF projectionSamoa · 2031: 24.2% — IMF projection
Samoa
Chart data table
YearSamoa (%)Source
203124.2IMF projection
203023.5IMF projection
202922.2IMF projection
202820.6IMF projection
202719.3IMF projection
202618.6IMF estimate / projection
202521.2History / IMF estimates
202425.3History / IMF estimates
202331.8History / IMF estimates
202241.0History / IMF estimates
202145.4History / IMF estimates
202043.2History / IMF estimates
201944.3History / IMF estimates
201849.4History / IMF estimates
201746.7History / IMF estimates
201649.0History / IMF estimates
201556.4History / IMF estimates
201454.9History / IMF estimates
201354.1History / IMF estimates
201250.9History / IMF estimates
201141.5History / IMF estimates
201040.3History / IMF estimates
200933.3History / IMF estimates
200828.2History / IMF estimates
200731.5History / IMF estimates
200633.5History / IMF estimates
200534.2History / IMF estimates
200439.8History / IMF estimates
200342.8History / IMF estimates
200250.3History / IMF estimates
200153.8History / IMF estimates
200055.8History / IMF estimates

The DataMapper API does not provide the actual/estimate cutoff for each country and series. Past years are therefore labelled history/IMF estimates, the current year estimate/projection, and later years projections. Historical values can be revised. There is no simulated real-time debt counter.

Source: IMF WEO · World Economic Outlook (October 2026) · Retrieved 2026-11-01. About the data