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IndicatorASMAmerican SamoaEast Asia & Pacific
Governance
Control of Corruption0-100 percentile71.7rank #31
Government Effectiveness0-100 percentile66.3rank #48
Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentile87.3rank #13
Regulatory Quality0-100 percentile61rank #64
Rule of Law0-100 percentile75.7rank #32
Voice & Accountability0-100 percentile73.1rank #40
Economy
GDPcurrent US$871Mrank #200
GDP growth%1.7%rank #170
GDP per capita (nominal)current US$18,017.5rank #73
R&D expenditure% GDP0.4%rank #57
Researchers in R&Dper million105.8rank #58
Trade openness% GDP124.7%rank #45
Health
Basic drinking water access% pop100%rank #1
Basic sanitation access% pop62.1%rank #137
Life expectancyyears73rank #126
Physiciansper 1k0.78rank #68
PM2.5 air pollution exposureug/m34.3rank #7
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100k3.7rank #22
Education
Adult literacy%97.3%rank #2
Education spending% GDP14.7%rank #1
Primary enrollment% gross89.9%rank #83
Secondary enrollment% gross93.5%rank #12
Tertiary enrollment% gross19.6%rank #18
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,00015rank #104
Fertility ratebirths/woman2.3rank #88
Median age of populationyears28.4rank #124
Net migration rateper 1,000-24.4rank #204
Populationpeople46,029rank #205
Population growth%-1.6%rank #212
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)years76.6rank #134
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousands37.5rank #210
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-age54rank #116
Urban population%80.5%rank #45
Climate
Electricity from coal% generation0%rank #1
Electricity from hydro% generation0%rank #144
Electricity from solar% generation5.6%rank #69
Electricity from wind% generation0%rank #104
Forest area% land85.2%rank #8
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWh611.1rank #145
Renewable electricity%5.6%rank #150
Renewable energy share%0.4%rank #65
Society
Homicide rateper 100k25.5rank #118
Internet users% pop0%rank #20
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0rank #25
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0rank #7
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)0rank #22
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)0.01rank #42
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