Wood fuel — Production, per capita in Samoa
Samoa: Wood fuel — Production, per capita was 0.3211 m3 per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Wood fuel — Production, per capita in Samoa, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in m3 per person.
Analysis
Samoa recorded 0.3211 m3 per person for wood fuel — production, per capita in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 8.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wood fuel — production, per capita in Samoa peaked at 0.4762 m3 per person in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.3211 m3 per person, in 2024.
That places Samoa 64th out of 170 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Wood fuel — Production, per capita in Samoa, year by year
| Year | m3 per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.4762 m3 per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.4638 m3 per person | -2.6% |
| 1963 | 0.4517 m3 per person | -2.6% |
| 1964 | 0.4404 m3 per person | -2.5% |
| 1965 | 0.4298 m3 per person | -2.4% |
| 1966 | 0.4196 m3 per person | -2.4% |
| 1967 | 0.4112 m3 per person | -2.0% |
| 1968 | 0.4044 m3 per person | -1.7% |
| 1969 | 0.3979 m3 per person | -1.6% |
| 1970 | 0.4274 m3 per person | +7.4% |
| 1971 | 0.421 m3 per person | -1.5% |
| 1972 | 0.4151 m3 per person | -1.4% |
| 1973 | 0.4095 m3 per person | -1.3% |
| 1974 | 0.4015 m3 per person | -2.0% |
| 1975 | 0.3913 m3 per person | -2.6% |
| 1976 | 0.3819 m3 per person | -2.4% |
| 1977 | 0.4382 m3 per person | +14.7% |
| 1978 | 0.4338 m3 per person | -1.0% |
| 1979 | 0.4298 m3 per person | -0.9% |
| 1980 | 0.426 m3 per person | -0.9% |
| 1981 | 0.4225 m3 per person | -0.8% |
| 1982 | 0.4205 m3 per person | -0.5% |
| 1983 | 0.4199 m3 per person | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 0.4197 m3 per person | -0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.4195 m3 per person | -0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.419 m3 per person | -0.1% |
| 1987 | 0.4175 m3 per person | -0.4% |
| 1988 | 0.4158 m3 per person | -0.4% |
| 1989 | 0.4148 m3 per person | -0.2% |
| 1990 | 0.4141 m3 per person | -0.2% |
| 1991 | 0.4133 m3 per person | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 0.411 m3 per person | -0.6% |
| 1993 | 0.4075 m3 per person | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 0.4043 m3 per person | -0.8% |
| 1995 | 0.401 m3 per person | -0.8% |
| 1996 | 0.3976 m3 per person | -0.9% |
| 1997 | 0.3943 m3 per person | -0.8% |
| 1998 | 0.3913 m3 per person | -0.8% |
| 1999 | 0.3883 m3 per person | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 0.3853 m3 per person | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 0.3822 m3 per person | -0.8% |
| 2002 | 0.3795 m3 per person | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 0.3775 m3 per person | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 0.3758 m3 per person | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 0.3744 m3 per person | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 0.3729 m3 per person | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 0.3709 m3 per person | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 0.3682 m3 per person | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 0.3655 m3 per person | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 0.3627 m3 per person | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 0.3595 m3 per person | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 0.3562 m3 per person | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 0.3531 m3 per person | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 0.3499 m3 per person | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 0.3469 m3 per person | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 0.344 m3 per person | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 0.3408 m3 per person | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 0.3372 m3 per person | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 0.3337 m3 per person | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 0.3303 m3 per person | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 0.3274 m3 per person | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 0.3252 m3 per person | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 0.3231 m3 per person | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 0.3211 m3 per person | -0.6% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 0.3211 m3 per person is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.1924 m3 per person, 1.7× the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 0.3211 m3 per person is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.113 m3 per person, 2.8× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.4328 m3 per person | 0.3979 m3 per person | 0.4762 m3 per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.4149 m3 per person | 0.3819 m3 per person | 0.4382 m3 per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.4195 m3 per person | 0.4148 m3 per person | 0.426 m3 per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.4023 m3 per person | 0.3883 m3 per person | 0.4141 m3 per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3752 m3 per person | 0.3655 m3 per person | 0.3853 m3 per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3484 m3 per person | 0.3337 m3 per person | 0.3627 m3 per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3254 m3 per person | 0.3211 m3 per person | 0.3303 m3 per person | 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)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -1.68 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wood fuel — production, per capita in Samoa?
- Wood fuel — production, per capita in Samoa was 0.3211 m3 per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest wood fuel — production, per capita recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4762 m3 per person in 1961.
- What is the lowest wood fuel — production, per capita recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3211 m3 per person in 2024.
- How does Samoa rank for wood fuel — production, per capita?
- Samoa ranks 64th out of 170 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wood fuel — production, per capita rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.2%. 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 Wood fuel — Production, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Wood fuel — Production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Wood fuel — Production ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Wood fuel — Production Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- 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
Wood fuel — Production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.