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USD 0.1 billion (2015)
International Monetary Fund (IMF), data retrieved January 2017
USD 0.9 billion (2017, estimate)
Intl$ 1.1 billion (2017, estimate)
2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
1.9% | 1.1% | 2.9% | -6.4% | -1.5% | 5.4% | 0.4% |
2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016* | 2017* | ||
-1.9% | 1.2% | 1.6% | 3% | 1.5% |
*Estimate
1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2017* |
0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0.001% |
*Estimate
(2016 estimate)
2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016* | 2017* |
0.6% | -0.4% | 0.9% | 0.3% | 1.0% |
*Estimate
2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
*Estimate
2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016* | 2017* |
53.5% | 54.4% | 57.8% | 59.2% | 59.9% |
*Estimate
2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016* | 2017* |
-3.8% | -5.3% | -3.9% | -3.4% | -2.1% |
*Estimate
Standard & Poor's: N/A
Moody's: N/A
Standard & Poor's / Moody's (Updated January 2017)
2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
N/A | N/A | N/A |
-3.0% (2017 estimate)
27.2% (2015)
0.0% (2015)
0.004% (2014)
Fish, coconut oil and cream, nonu, copra, taro, automotive parts, garments, beer
Machinery and equipment, industrial supplies, foodstuffs
American Samoa 57.1%, Australia 17.2% (2015)
Fiji 22.6%, NZ 18.8%, China 15.8%, South Korea 7.9%, Australia 6%, US 5.6%, Singapore 5.2% (2015)
2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
USD 14 million | USD 23 million | USD 16 million |
2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
USD 0.1 million | USD 4.4 million | USD 2.0 million |
2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
N/A | USD -14.1 million | N/A | UN/A |
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Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business. A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.
Overall ranking: 89 out of 190 countries (2017)
Subcategories:
Starting a business: 37 out of 190 countries
Enforcing Contracts: 67 out of 190 countries
Registering Property: 64 out of 190 countries
Getting Credit: 157 out of 190 countries
Protecting Minority Investors: 63 out of 190 countries
Trading Across Borders: 141 out of 190 countries
Paying Taxes: 71 out of 190 countries
Dealing with Construction Permits: 96 out of 190 countries
Getting Electricity: 59 out of 190 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 134 out of 190 countries
Ranking: 69 / Score: 63.54 (Moderately free) (2016)
(100=totally free 0=totally repressed)
Protestant 57.4% (Congregationalist 31.8%, Methodist 13.7%, Assembly of God 8%, Seventh-Day Adventist 3.9%), Roman Catholic 19.4%, Mormon 15.2%, Worship Centre 1.7%, other Christian 5.5%, other 0.7%, none 0.1%, unspecified 0.1% (2011 est.)
1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2016* | 2021* |
N/A | 0.175 million | 0.186 million | 0.195 million | 0.202 million |
*Estimate
1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2015 |
19% | 21% | 22% | 19% |
Total population: 99%
Male: 99.1%
Female: 98.8% (2015 est.)
(age 15 and over can read and write)
Political Rights: 2
Civil Liberties: 2 (2017)
(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)
Fixed 5.93% Mobile 62.37% (2015)
(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)