Key Facts
- GDP (ppp) per CAPITA
- $4,800 (2007 est.)
- Inflation Rate
- 6% (2007 est.)
- Population
- 219,998 (July 2009 est.)
- Ease of Doing Business
- 64/181
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Samoa : Introduction
New Zealand occupied the German protectorate of Western Samoa at the outbreak of World War I in 1914. It continued to administer the islands as a mandate and then as a trust territory until 1962, when the islands became the first Polynesian nation to reestablish independence in the 20th century. The country dropped the "Western" from its name in 1997.
- Samoa: Central Bank of Samoa
The Central Bank of Samoa is the Samoa's reserve bank and serves as banker to the government and commercial banks. This website provides news, annual reports, quarterly bulletins, monetary policy statements, currency information, statistics, and export regulations and procedures. It also provides a newsletter to alert subscribers to new content.
Sources:
CIA World Factbook (September 2009)
U.S. Dept. of State Country Background Notes (September 2009)
