Short-term debt in Samoa
Samoa: Short-term debt was 17.4% in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Short-term debt in Samoa, 1970–2024
Source: International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB). Measured in % of total external debt.
Analysis
In 2024, short-term debt in Samoa stood at 17.4%. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
That represents a change of up 13.0% on the previous year and up 150.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, short-term debt in Samoa peaked at 17.4% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 1970.
Samoa ranks 33rd of 122 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Short-term debt in Samoa, year by year
| Year | % of total external debt | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.0% | — |
| 1971 | 0.0% | — |
| 1972 | 0.0% | — |
| 1973 | 0.0% | — |
| 1974 | 1.4% | — |
| 1975 | 0.0% | -100.0% |
| 1976 | 0.0% | — |
| 1977 | 0.0% | — |
| 1978 | 0.0% | — |
| 1979 | 0.0% | — |
| 1980 | 0.0% | — |
| 1981 | 0.7% | — |
| 1982 | 1.5% | +124.4% |
| 1983 | 1.6% | +9.4% |
| 1984 | 1.0% | -38.7% |
| 1985 | 0.6% | -41.7% |
| 1986 | 0.0% | -100.0% |
| 1987 | 0.0% | — |
| 1988 | 0.0% | — |
| 1989 | 0.1% | +539.0% |
| 1990 | 0.0% | -100.0% |
| 1991 | 0.0% | — |
| 1992 | 0.0% | -100.0% |
| 1993 | 0.1% | — |
| 1994 | 0.0% | -100.0% |
| 1995 | 0.0% | — |
| 1996 | 0.0% | — |
| 1997 | 0.0% | +643.8% |
| 1998 | 0.0% | -100.0% |
| 1999 | 0.0% | — |
| 2000 | 0.0% | — |
| 2001 | 0.0% | — |
| 2002 | 0.0% | +96.9% |
| 2003 | 0.0% | -100.0% |
| 2004 | 0.0% | — |
| 2005 | 0.0% | — |
| 2006 | 0.0% | — |
| 2007 | 0.0% | — |
| 2008 | 0.0% | — |
| 2009 | 0.0% | — |
| 2010 | 0.0% | -100.0% |
| 2011 | 0.0% | — |
| 2012 | 0.0% | — |
| 2013 | 4.4% | — |
| 2014 | 6.9% | +56.9% |
| 2015 | 6.2% | -10.5% |
| 2016 | 6.0% | -3.2% |
| 2017 | 6.4% | +6.3% |
| 2018 | 3.6% | -42.8% |
| 2019 | 5.6% | +53.4% |
| 2020 | 7.9% | +41.9% |
| 2021 | 9.6% | +21.3% |
| 2022 | 15.1% | +57.4% |
| 2023 | 15.4% | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 17.4% | +13.0% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 17.4% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 11.8%, 1.5× the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 17.4% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 15.4%, 1.1× the median. (16 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Short-term debt 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | +643.8% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 1989 | +539.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 1.4% | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.5% | 0.0% | 1.6% | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.9% | 0.0% | 6.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.1% | 7.9% | 17.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
More external debt data for Samoa
- IFC, private nonguaranteed 0 NFL, US$ (2024)
- IFC, private nonguaranteed (NFL, US$), per capita 0 NFL, US$ per person (2024)
- IFC, private nonguaranteed (NFL, US$), per unit of GDP 0 NFL, US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- IFC, private nonguaranteed (NFL, US$), per square kilometre 0 NFL, US$ per square kilometre (2023)
- Public and publicly guaranteed debt service 3.0% (2024)
- Net financial flows, IDA -3.84 million NFL, current US$ (2024)
- Net financial flows, IDA (NFL, current US$), per capita -17.61 NFL, current US$ per person (2024)
- Net financial flows, IDA (NFL, current US$), per unit of GDP -0.0033 NFL, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Public and publicly guaranteed debt service 8.5% (2024)
- Net financial flows, IDA (NFL, current US$), per square kilometre -1,297 NFL, current US$ per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is short-term debt in Samoa?
- Short-term debt in Samoa was 17.4% in 2024, according to International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest short-term debt recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 17.4% in 2024.
- What is the lowest short-term debt recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 1970.
- How does Samoa rank for short-term debt?
- Samoa ranks 33rd out of 122 countries with data for 2024.
- Is short-term debt rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 150.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Samoa data come from?
- The figures come from International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB), published as part of Short-term debt (% of total external debt). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Short-term debt includes all debt having an original maturity of one year or less and interest in arrears on long-term debt. Total external debt is debt owed to nonresidents repayable in currency, goods, or services. Total external debt is the sum of public, publicly guaranteed, and private nonguaranteed long-term debt, use of IMF credit, and short-term debt.