Airports [time series]

total: 3 usable: 3 with permanent-surface runways: 3 with runways over 3,659 m: 0 with runways 2,440 to 3,659 m : 1 (international airport at Tafuna) with runways 1,200 to 2,439 m: 0 note: small airstrips on Fituita and Ofu

Roadways (Highways) [time series]

350 km total; 150 km paved, 200 km unpaved

Ports [time series]

Pago Pago, Ta'u, Ofu, Auasi, Aanu'u (new construction), Faleosao

Railways (Railroads) [time series]

none

Telecommunication systems (Telecommunications) [time series]

8,399 telephones; broadcast stations - 1 AM, 1 FM, 1 TV; good telex, telegraph, and facsimile services; 1 Pacific Ocean INTELSAT earth station, 1 COMSAT earth station

Note [time series]

defense is the responsibility of the US

Agricultural products (Agriculture) [time series]

bananas, coconuts, vegetables, taro, breadfruit, yams, copra, pineapples, papayas, dairy farming

Budget [time series]

revenues $97,000,000 (includes $43,000,000 in local revenue and $54,000,000 in grant revenue); including capital expenditures of $NA (FY91)

Exchange rates (Currency) [time series]

US currency is used

Economic aid [time series]

$21,042,650 in operational funds and $1,227,000 in construction funds for capital improvement projects from the US Department of Interior (1991)

Electricity [time series]

42,000 kW capacity; 100 million kWh produced, 2,020 kWh per capita (1990)

Exports [time series]

$306 million (f.o.b., 1989) commodities: canned tuna 93% partners: US 99.6%

Debt - external (External debt) [time series]

$NA

Fiscal year [time series]

1 October - 30 September

Imports [time series]

$360.3 million (c.i.f., 1989) commodities: materials for canneries 56%, food 8%, petroleum products 7%, machinery and parts 6% partners: US 62%, Japan 9%, NZ 7%, Australia 11%, Fiji 4%, other 7%

Industrial production growth rate (Industrial production) [time series]

growth rate NA%

Industries [time series]

tuna canneries (largely dependent on foreign fishing vessels), meat canning, handicrafts

Inflation rate (consumer prices) [time series]

7% (1990)

Real GDP (purchasing power parity) (National product) [time series]

GDP - purchasing power equivalent - $128 million (1991)

Real GDP per capita (National product per capita) [time series]

$2,600 (1991)

Real GDP growth rate (National product real growth rate) [time series]

NA%

Economic overview (Overview) [time series]

Economic activity is strongly linked to the US, with which American Samoa does 80-90% of its foreign trade. Tuna fishing and tuna processing plants are the backbone of the private sector, with canned tuna the primary export. The tuna canneries and the government are by far the two largest employers. Other economic activities include a slowly developing tourist industry. Transfers from the US government add substantially to American Samoa's economic well-being.

Unemployment rate [time series]

12% (1991)

Area [time series]

total area: 199 km2 land area: 199 km2 comparative area: slightly larger than Washington, DC note: includes Rose Island and Swains Island

Climate [time series]

tropical marine, moderated by southeast trade winds; annual rainfall averages 124 inches; rainy season from November to April, dry season from May to October; little seasonal temperature variation

Coastline [time series]

116 km

Environment - current issues (Environment) [time series]

typhoons common from December to March

Disputes - international (International disputes) [time series]

none

Irrigated land [time series]

NA km2

Land boundaries [time series]

0 km

Land use [time series]

arable land: 10% permanent crops: 5% meadows and pastures: 0% forest and woodland: 75% other: 10%

Location [time series]

in the South Pacific Ocean, 3,700 km south-southwest of Honolulu, about halfway between Hawaii and New Zealand

Map references [time series]

Oceania

Maritime claims [time series]

contiguous zone: 24 nm continental shelf: 200 m or depth of exploitation exclusive economic zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm

Natural resources [time series]

pumice, pumicite

Note [time series]

Pago Pago has one of the best natural deepwater harbors in the South Pacific Ocean, sheltered by shape from rough seas and protected by peripheral mountains from high winds; strategic location in the South Pacific Ocean

Terrain [time series]

five volcanic islands with rugged peaks and limited coastal plains, two coral atolls (Rose Island, Swains Island)

Abbreviation [time series]

AS

Administrative divisions [time series]

none (territory of the US)

Capital [time series]

Pago Pago

Constitution [time series]

ratified 1966, in effect 1967

Digraph [time series]

AQ

Diplomatic representation in the US (Diplomatic representation in US) [time series]

none (territory of the US)

Executive branch (Elections) [time series]

Governor: last held 3 November 1992 (next to be held NA November 1996); results - A. P. LUTALI was elected (percent of vote NA) House of Representatives: last held 3 November 1992 (next to be held NA November 1994); results - representatives popularly elected from 17 house districts; seats - (21 total, 20 elected, and 1 nonvoting delegate from Swains Island) Senate: last held 3 November 1992 (next to be held NA November 1996); results - senators elected by village chiefs from 12 senate districts; seats - (18 total) number of seats by party NA US House of Representatives: last held 3 November 1992 (next to be held NA November 1994); results - Eni R. F. H. FALEOMAVAEGA reelected as delegate

Executive branch [time series]

popularly elected governor and lieutenant governor

Flag [time series]

blue with a white triangle edged in red that is based on the fly side and extends to the hoist side; a brown and white American bald eagle flying toward the hoist side is carrying two traditional Samoan symbols of authority, a staff and a war club

Independence [time series]

none (territory of the US)

Judicial branch [time series]

High Court

Executive branch (Leaders) [time series]

Chief of State: President William Jefferson CLINTON (since 20 January 1993); Vice President Albert GORE, Jr. (since 20 January 1993) Head of Government: Governor A. P. LUTALI (since 3 January 1993); Lieutenant Governor Tauese P. SUNIA (since 3 January 1993)

Legal system [time series]

NA

Legislative branch [time series]

bicameral Legislative Assembly (Fono) consists of an upper house or Senate (appointed by county village chiefs) and a lower house or House of Representatives (elected)

International organization participation (Member of) [time series]

ESCAP (associate), INTERPOL (subbureau), IOC, SPC

Country name (Names) [time series]

conventional long form: Territory of American Samoa conventional short form: American Samoa

National holiday [time series]

Territorial Flag Day, 17 April (1900)

Political parties (Political parties and leaders) [time series]

NA

Suffrage [time series]

18 years of age; universal

Government type (Type) [time series]

unincorporated and unorganized territory of the US; administered by the US Department of Interior, Office of Territorial and International Affairs

Birth rate [time series]

37 births/1,000 population (1993 est.)

Death rate [time series]

4 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.)

Ethnic groups (Ethnic divisions) [time series]

Samoan (Polynesian) 89%, Caucasian 2%, Tongan 4%, other 5%

Infant mortality rate [time series]

19 deaths/1,000 live births (1993 est.)

Labor force [time series]

14,400 (1990) by occupation: government 33%, tuna canneries 34%, other 33% (1990)

Languages [time series]

Samoan (closely related to Hawaiian and other Polynesian languages), English; most people are bilingual

Life expectancy at birth [time series]

total population: 73 years male: 71 years female: 75 years (1993 est.)

Literacy [time series]

age 15 and over can read and write (1980) total population: 97% male: 97% female: 97%

Nationality [time series]

noun: American Samoan(s) adjective: American Samoan

Net migration rate [time series]

6 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1993 est.)

Population [time series]

53,139 (July 1993 est.)

Population growth rate [time series]

3.9% (1993 est.)

Religions [time series]

Christian Congregationalist 50%, Roman Catholic 20%, Protestant denominations and other 30%

Total fertility rate [time series]

4.41 children born/woman (1993 est.)