Samoa flag (Wikipedia)

An Oceanian island group about 3,200 kilometers (1,988.4 miles) northeast of New Zealand, the Independent State of Samoa shipped US$25.8 million worth of exported products around the world in 2025.

That annual dollar amount results from a -10.9% decline from $29 million 5 years earlier in 2021.

Year over year, the overall value of Samoan exports retreated via a -38.4% setback compared to $41.9 million starting from 2024.

Nicknamed the Crade of Polynesia, Samoa broke away from its formal dependence on New Zealand on 1962 after over a century of foreign influence. Nevertheless, Samoa remains a member of the British Commonwealth.

The top 5 most valuable exported products from Samoa in 2025 were processed petroleum oil, coconut oil, electric circuit parts or fuses and switches, lower-voltage switches or fuses, then malt beer.

The latest available country-specific data shows that 97.2% of products exported from Samoa was bought by importers in: New Zealand (27.1% of the Samoan total), United States of America (17.9%), Singapore (15.5%), Australia (9.6%), Tokelau (7.3%), Samoa (5.9%), Fiji (3.9%), American Samoa (3.8%), Cook Islands (2.2%), mainland China (1.9%), South Korea (1.3%) and Switzerland (0.9%).

From a continental perspective, 61.0% of Samoa’s exports by value was delivered to fellow Oceanian countries led by New Zealand and Australia while 20.2% was sold to importers in Asia.

Samoa shipped another 17.9% worth of goods to buyers in North America mostly the United States of America with a much smaller contribution from Canada.

Smaller percentages went to customers located in Europe (0.9%) and Africa’s Uganda only (0.004%).

Given Samoa’s population of 212,000 people, its total US$25.8 million in 2025 exports translates to roughly $120 for every resident in the South Pacific Ocean island group. That dollar metric lags the average $200 per capita one year earlier during 2024.

Samoa’s top 10 export product categories generated 92% of the overall value of its global shipments.

Beverages, spirits and vinegar represent the fastest grower among the top 10 export categories, up by 19.2% from 2024 to 2025.

In second place for improving export sales was miscellaneous food preparations via an 18% advance.

Samoa’s shipments of mineral fuels including oil posted the third-fastest gain in value, up by 8.7%.

The leading decliner among Samoa’s top 10 export categories was electrical machinery and equipment, thanks to a -80.1% year-over-year drop.

At the more granular four-digit Harmonized Tariff System code level, processed petroleum oils represent Samoa’s most valuable exported product at 58.3% of the country’s total. In second place was coconut oil (7.3%) ahead of electric circuit parts, fuses and switches (4%), lower-voltage fuses and switches (3.9%), malt beer (3.1%), manioc roots or Jerusalem artichokes and sweet potatoes (2.4%), fruit or vegetable juices (2.3%), coconuts (2.1%), eggs (2%) then miscellaneous food preparations (1.6%).

The following types of Samoan product shipments represent positive net exports or a trade balance surplus. Investopedia defines net exports as the value of a country’s total exports minus the value of its total imports.

In a nutshell, net exports represent the amount by which foreign spending on a home country’s goods or services exceeds or lags the home country’s spending on foreign goods or services.

Samoa incurred an overall -US$456.3 million product trade deficit for 2025, increasing by 1.8% from -$448.3 million in red ink one year earlier for 2024.

Below are exports from Samoa that result in negative net exports or product trade balance deficits. These negative net exports reveal product categories where foreign spending on home country Samoa’s goods trail Samoan importer spending on foreign products.

Not one Samoan corporation ranks among Forbes Global 2000.

The registered companies listing maintained by Samoa’s Ministry of Commerce, Industry & Labour records exports-related companies from Samoa. Selected examples are shown below.

 
In macroeconomic terms, Samoa’s total exported goods represent 1.6% of its overall Gross Domestic Product for 2025 ($1.6 billion valued in Purchasing Power Parity US dollars). That 1.6% for exports to overall GDP in PPP for 2025 compares to 2.8% for 2024. Those percentages suggest a relatively decreasing reliance on products sold on international markets for Samoa’s total economic performance, albeit based on a relatively short timeframe.

Another key economic indicator is a country’s unemployment rate. Samoa’s unemployment rate averaged 4.8% in 2025, up from the average 4.551% jobless rate for 2024.

Samoa’s capital city is Apia.

See also Australia’s Top 10 Exports, New Zealand’s Top 10 Exports and Top Oceanian Export Countries

Research Sources:
Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook Australia-Oceania: Samoa. Accessed on September 17, 2026

Forbes Global 2000 rankings, The World’s Biggest Public Companies. Accessed on September 17, 2026

International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook Database (GDP based on Purchasing Power Parity). Accessed on September 17, 2026

International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on September 17, 2026

Investopedia, Net Exports Definition. Accessed on September 17, 2026

Samoa’s Ministry of Commerce, Industry & Labour, Samoa Company Registry. Accessed on September 17, 2026

Wikipedia, Flag of Samoa. Accessed on September 17, 2026

Wikipedia, Gross domestic product. Accessed on September 17, 2026

Wikipedia, Purchasing power parity. Accessed on September 17, 2026

Wikipedia, Samoa. Accessed on September 17, 2026