Cartonboard — Import quantity in Samoa
Samoa: Cartonboard — Import quantity was 88 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cartonboard — Import quantity in Samoa, 1999–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Samoa recorded 88 t for cartonboard — import quantity in 2024.
The figure is down 46.3% on the previous year and down 39.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cartonboard — import quantity in Samoa peaked at 1,370 t in 2011 and was at its lowest, 1 t, in 2021.
Samoa ranks 182nd of 231 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cartonboard — Import quantity in Samoa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 25 t | — |
| 2000 | 16 t | -36.0% |
| 2001 | 16 t | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 3 t | -81.2% |
| 2003 | 22 t | +633.3% |
| 2004 | 61 t | +177.3% |
| 2005 | 61 t | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 27 t | -55.7% |
| 2007 | 27 t | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 49 t | +81.5% |
| 2009 | 720 t | +1369.4% |
| 2010 | 442 t | -38.6% |
| 2011 | 1,370 t | +210.0% |
| 2012 | 1,136 t | -17.1% |
| 2013 | 349 t | -69.3% |
| 2014 | 145 t | -58.5% |
| 2015 | 247 t | +70.3% |
| 2016 | 559 t | +126.3% |
| 2017 | 198 t | -64.6% |
| 2018 | 10 t | -94.9% |
| 2019 | 4 t | -60.0% |
| 2020 | 17 t | +325.0% |
| 2021 | 1 t | -94.1% |
| 2022 | 2 t | +100.0% |
| 2023 | 164 t | +8100.0% |
| 2024 | 88 t | -46.3% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 88 t is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 18,270 t, 0% of the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 88 t is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1,132 t, 8% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cartonboard — Import quantity 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | +8100.0% | 2 t | 164 t |
| 2009 | +1369.4% | 49 t | 720 t |
| 2003 | +633.3% | 3 t | 22 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 25 t | 25 t | 25 t | 1 |
| 2000s | 100.2 t | 3 t | 720 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 446 t | 4 t | 1,370 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 54.4 t | 1 t | 164 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
More environment data for Samoa
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.3482 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 0.3183 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.23 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.919 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.68 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -2.51 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cartonboard — import quantity in Samoa?
- Cartonboard — import quantity in Samoa was 88 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cartonboard — import quantity recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,370 t in 2011.
- What is the lowest cartonboard — import quantity recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 t in 2021.
- How does Samoa rank for cartonboard — import quantity?
- Samoa ranks 182nd out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cartonboard — import quantity rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 39.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Samoa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cartonboard — Import quantity. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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