New Zealand vs Samoa: Net foreign assets

New Zealand
-85.35 billion current LCU
in 2025
Samoa
299.00 million current LCU
in 2009
New Zealand rank
175th
Samoa rank
172nd

Net foreign assets over time

  • New Zealand
  • Samoa
-100.0B-75.0B-50.0B-25.0B0196019922025

How they compare

Samoa currently reports 299.00 million current LCU against -85.35 billion current LCU in New Zealand, a difference of 85.65 billion current LCU.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 49 shared years of data; in 1961 it was New Zealand ahead.

Globally, New Zealand ranks 175th and Samoa ranks 172nd of 186 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Net foreign assets (current LCU)
Unit
current LCU
Source
International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
186 places, 9,009 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Net foreign assets are the sum of foreign assets held by monetary authorities and deposit money banks, less their foreign liabilities. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.