Land use hidden — Land area, per capita in Samoa
Samoa: Land use hidden — Land area, per capita was 0.0128 Square kilometres per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Latest (2023)
0.0128 Square kilometres per person
Change on year
down 0.6%
World rank
78th
of 181 countries
All-time high
0.0245 Square kilometres per person
in 1961
All-time low
0.0128 Square kilometres per person
in 2023
Years of data
63
1961–2023
Land use hidden — Land area, per capita in Samoa, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in Square kilometres per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for land use hidden — land area, per capita in Samoa is 0.0128 Square kilometres per person, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 10.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, land use hidden — land area, per capita in Samoa peaked at 0.0245 Square kilometres per person in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.0128 Square kilometres per person, in 2023.
Samoa ranks 78th of 181 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Land use hidden — Land area, per capita in Samoa, year by year
| Year | Square kilometres per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0245 Square kilometres per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0239 Square kilometres per person | -2.6% |
| 1963 | 0.0232 Square kilometres per person | -2.6% |
| 1964 | 0.0227 Square kilometres per person | -2.5% |
| 1965 | 0.0221 Square kilometres per person | -2.4% |
| 1966 | 0.0216 Square kilometres per person | -2.4% |
| 1967 | 0.0212 Square kilometres per person | -2.0% |
| 1968 | 0.0208 Square kilometres per person | -1.7% |
| 1969 | 0.0205 Square kilometres per person | -1.6% |
| 1970 | 0.0202 Square kilometres per person | -1.5% |
| 1971 | 0.0199 Square kilometres per person | -1.5% |
| 1972 | 0.0196 Square kilometres per person | -1.4% |
| 1973 | 0.0193 Square kilometres per person | -1.3% |
| 1974 | 0.0189 Square kilometres per person | -2.0% |
| 1975 | 0.0185 Square kilometres per person | -2.6% |
| 1976 | 0.018 Square kilometres per person | -2.4% |
| 1977 | 0.0177 Square kilometres per person | -1.7% |
| 1978 | 0.0175 Square kilometres per person | -1.0% |
| 1979 | 0.0174 Square kilometres per person | -0.9% |
| 1980 | 0.0172 Square kilometres per person | -0.9% |
| 1981 | 0.0171 Square kilometres per person | -0.8% |
| 1982 | 0.017 Square kilometres per person | -0.5% |
| 1983 | 0.017 Square kilometres per person | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 0.017 Square kilometres per person | -0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.017 Square kilometres per person | -0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.0169 Square kilometres per person | -0.1% |
| 1987 | 0.0169 Square kilometres per person | -0.4% |
| 1988 | 0.0168 Square kilometres per person | -0.4% |
| 1989 | 0.0168 Square kilometres per person | -0.2% |
| 1990 | 0.0167 Square kilometres per person | -0.2% |
| 1991 | 0.0167 Square kilometres per person | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 0.0166 Square kilometres per person | -0.6% |
| 1993 | 0.0165 Square kilometres per person | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 0.0163 Square kilometres per person | -0.8% |
| 1995 | 0.0162 Square kilometres per person | -0.8% |
| 1996 | 0.0161 Square kilometres per person | -0.9% |
| 1997 | 0.0159 Square kilometres per person | -0.8% |
| 1998 | 0.0158 Square kilometres per person | -0.8% |
| 1999 | 0.0157 Square kilometres per person | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 0.0156 Square kilometres per person | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 0.0155 Square kilometres per person | -0.8% |
| 2002 | 0.0153 Square kilometres per person | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 0.0153 Square kilometres per person | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 0.0152 Square kilometres per person | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 0.0151 Square kilometres per person | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 0.0151 Square kilometres per person | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 0.015 Square kilometres per person | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 0.0149 Square kilometres per person | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 0.0148 Square kilometres per person | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 0.0147 Square kilometres per person | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 0.0145 Square kilometres per person | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 0.0144 Square kilometres per person | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 0.0143 Square kilometres per person | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 0.0141 Square kilometres per person | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 0.014 Square kilometres per person | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 0.0139 Square kilometres per person | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 0.0135 Square kilometres per person | -2.7% |
| 2018 | 0.0134 Square kilometres per person | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 0.0133 Square kilometres per person | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0131 Square kilometres per person | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 0.013 Square kilometres per person | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 0.0129 Square kilometres per person | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 0.0128 Square kilometres per person | -0.6% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 0.0128 Square kilometres per person is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0114 Square kilometres per person, 1.1× the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 0.0128 Square kilometres per person is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.0071 Square kilometres per person, 1.8× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0223 Square kilometres per person | 0.0205 Square kilometres per person | 0.0245 Square kilometres per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0187 Square kilometres per person | 0.0174 Square kilometres per person | 0.0202 Square kilometres per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.017 Square kilometres per person | 0.0168 Square kilometres per person | 0.0172 Square kilometres per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0163 Square kilometres per person | 0.0157 Square kilometres per person | 0.0167 Square kilometres per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0152 Square kilometres per person | 0.0148 Square kilometres per person | 0.0156 Square kilometres per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.014 Square kilometres per person | 0.0133 Square kilometres per person | 0.0147 Square kilometres per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.013 Square kilometres per person | 0.0128 Square kilometres per person | 0.0131 Square kilometres per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
- 75 Tanzania 0.0133 Square kilometres per person compare
- 76 Guinea-Bissau 0.0131 Square kilometres per person compare
- 77 Ireland 0.013 Square kilometres per person compare
- 79 Tunisia 0.0127 Square kilometres per person compare
- 80 Greece 0.0124 Square kilometres per person compare
- 81 Uzbekistan 0.0124 Square kilometres per person compare
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 land use hidden — land area, per capita in Samoa?
- Land use hidden — land area, per capita in Samoa was 0.0128 Square kilometres per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest land use hidden — land area, per capita recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0245 Square kilometres per person in 1961.
- What is the lowest land use hidden — land area, per capita recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0128 Square kilometres per person in 2023.
- How does Samoa rank for land use hidden — land area, per capita?
- Samoa ranks 78th out of 181 countries with data for 2023.
- Is land use hidden — land area, per capita rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Samoa data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Land use hidden — Land area, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Land use hidden — Land area divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Land use hidden — Land area ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Land use hidden — Land area Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Land use hidden — Land area divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.