- partners:

NZ 22.1%, Fiji 17.2%, Singapore 16.1%, Australia 7.9%, Japan 6.8%,
Indonesia 5.4%, US 5.3% (2007)

Economic aid - recipient:

$43.95 million (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

$70.15 million (FY03/04)

Debt - external:

$177 million (2004)

Market value of publicly traded shares:

$NA

Currency (code):

tala (SAT)

Currency code:

SAT (former WST code is still in wide use)

Exchange rates:

tala (SAT) per US dollar - NA (2007), 2.7594 (2006), 2.7103 (2005),
2.7807 (2004), 2.9732 (2003)

Communications
Samoa

Telephones - main lines in use:

19,500 (2005)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

86,000 (2007)

Telephone system:

general assessment: adequate
domestic: combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity
roughly 50 telephones per 100 persons
international: country code - 685; satellite earth station - 1
Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 2, FM 5, shortwave 0 (2004)

Radios:

174,849 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

2 (2002)

Televisions:

8,634 (1999)

Internet country code:

.ws

Internet hosts:

11,307 (2008)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

2 (2000)

Internet users:

8,000 (2006)

Transportation
Samoa

Airports:

4 (2007)

Airports - with paved runways:

total: 3
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
under 914 m: 2 (2007)

Airports - with unpaved runways:

total: 1
under 914 m: 1 (2007)

Roadways:

total: 2,337 km
paved: 332 km
unpaved: 2,005 km (2001)

Merchant marine:

total: 1
by type: cargo 1
foreign-owned: 1 (Cyprus 1) (2008)

Ports and terminals:

Apia

Military
Samoa

Military branches:

no regular military forces; Samoa Police Force (2008)

Manpower available for military service:

males age 16-49: 53,417 (2008 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:

males age 16-49: 42,359 (2008 est.)

Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:

male: 2,571
female: 2,454 (2008 est.)

Military expenditures:

NA

Military - note:

Samoa has no formal defense structure or regular armed forces;
informal defense ties exist with NZ, which is required to consider
any Samoan request for assistance under the 1962 Treaty of Friendship

Transnational Issues
Samoa

Disputes - international:

none

This page was last updated on 18 December, 2008

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