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Samoa – Mobile Subscriptions

Name: Samoa Mobile Subscriptions
Creator: World Bank
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Number of mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 people. Includes both prepaid and postpaid subscriptions. · World Bank

62.40 +30.12 from 2021 G20 rank: 187th · all-time high: 74.21 (2016)

APA

Samoa Mobile Subscriptions. HistorySaid. Retrieved March 10, 2026, from https://historysaid.com/samoa/mobile-subscriptions

BibTeX

@misc{historysaid_samoa_mobile-subscriptions,
  title = {Samoa Mobile Subscriptions},
  url = {https://historysaid.com/samoa/mobile-subscriptions},
  publisher = {HistorySaid},
  year = {2026}
}

Data & Projection▾

Year	Value	Change	Rank
2025* trend	53.43	–	–
2022	62.40	+30.12	187th
2021	32.28	−0.28	203rd
2020	32.56	−7.49	203rd
2019	40.04	−8.13	198th
2018	48.17	−12.29	178th
2017	60.47	−13.74	178th
2016	74.21	+14.48	165th
2015	59.73	+6.47	180th
2014	53.25	+2.87	184th
2013	50.38	−0.66	181st
2012	51.04	+4.42	179th
2010	46.63	+1.06	166th
2007	45.56	+21.32	124th
2006	24.24	+11.40	134th
2005	12.84	+4.25	143rd
2004	8.59	+2.93	145th
2003	5.66	+4.20	140th
2002	1.46	+0.10	159th
2001	1.36	−0.01	147th
2000	1.38	+0.04	132nd
1999	1.33	+0.51	115th
1998	0.82	+0.39	109th
1997	0.43	+0.43	112th
1996	0.00	+0.00	199th
1995	0.00	+0.00	198th
1994	0.00	+0.00	195th
1993	0.00	+0.00	195th
1992	0.00	+0.00	195th
1991	0.00	+0.00	192nd
1990	0.00	+0.00	203rd
1989	0.00	+0.00	189th
1988	0.00	+0.00	190th
1987	0.00	+0.00	189th
1986	0.00	+0.00	191st
1985	0.00	+0.00	190th
1984	0.00	+0.00	191st
1983	0.00	+0.00	193rd
1982	0.00	+0.00	194th
1981	0.00	+0.00	194th
1980	0.00	+0.00	195th
1979	0.00	+0.00	194th
1978	0.00	+0.00	194th
1977	0.00	+0.00	194th
1976	0.00	+0.00	194th
1975	0.00	+0.00	194th
1970	0.00	+0.00	194th
1965	0.00	+0.00	194th
1960	0.00	–	194th

Show all years (1960–2022)

* Linear trend extrapolation from last 5 data points

Detected Pattern▾

Export Boom Cycle

Current account surplus with strong export growth (>15% YoY), reserve accumulation, and moderate GDP growth. Typical of commodity exporters during price surges.

Reserves YoY +13.6% GDP growth 4.7% C/A balance 5.6%

This pattern occurred 682 times in G20 history, 460 successful

United Arab Emirates 2024

Reserves YoY

+25.6%

GDP growth

4.0%

C/A balance

14.5%

Guatemala 2024

Reserves YoY

+14.6%

GDP growth

3.7%

C/A balance

2.9%

Cambodia 2024

Reserves YoY

+12.6%

GDP growth

6.0%

C/A balance

0.5%

Sri Lanka 2024

Reserves YoY

+38.3%

GDP growth

5.0%

C/A balance

1.2%

Lesotho 2024

Reserves YoY

+18.0%

GDP growth

2.9%

C/A balance

3.9%

Lithuania 2024

Reserves YoY

+20.1%

GDP growth

2.8%

C/A balance

3.3%

HistorySaid – pattern alert

In 460 of 682 past occurrences of this pattern, the outcome was successful (67% of cases). Samoa matched this pattern in 2024. View full analysis →

HistorySaid

Samoa's mobile subscriptions peaked at 74.21 in 2016. The 2022 reading of 62.40 is -15.9% below that level. Based on recent trends, HistorySaid estimates 53.43 by 2025.