What is the highest surface area recorded in Samoa?

The highest recorded value was 2,840 sq. km in 1961.

What is the lowest surface area recorded in Samoa?

The lowest recorded value was 2,840 sq. km in 1961.

How does Samoa rank for surface area?

Samoa ranks 173rd out of 216 countries with data for 2023.

Is surface area rising or falling in Samoa?

Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.

Surface area in Samoa

Name: Surface area in Samoa
Creator: FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Samoa: Surface area was 2,840 sq. km in 2023. ▬ Flat

Latest (2023)

2,840 sq. km

Change on year

unchanged

World rank

173rd

of 216 countries

All-time high

2,840 sq. km

in 1961

All-time low

2,840 sq. km

in 1961

Years of data

1961–2023

Surface area in Samoa, 1961–2023

Source: FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Measured in sq. km.

Analysis

The most recent figure for surface area in Samoa is 2,840 sq. km, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.

Over the whole period, surface area in Samoa peaked at 2,840 sq. km in 1961 and was at its lowest, 2,840 sq. km, in 1961.

Samoa ranks 173rd of 216 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	2,840 sq. km	2,840 sq. km	2,840 sq. km	9
1970s	2,840 sq. km	2,840 sq. km	2,840 sq. km	10
1980s	2,840 sq. km	2,840 sq. km	2,840 sq. km	10
1990s	2,840 sq. km	2,840 sq. km	2,840 sq. km	10
2000s	2,840 sq. km	2,840 sq. km	2,840 sq. km	10
2010s	2,840 sq. km	2,840 sq. km	2,840 sq. km	10
2020s	2,840 sq. km	2,840 sq. km	2,840 sq. km	4

Countries ranked near Samoa

170 Bermuda 4,290 sq. km compare
171 Cape Verde 4,030 sq. km compare
172 French Polynesia 3,471 sq. km compare
174 Luxembourg 2,590 sq. km compare
175 Mauritius 2,010 sq. km compare
176 Comoros 1,861 sq. km compare

See the full ranking of 263 places →

More agriculture & rural data for Samoa

Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
Agricultural raw materials imports 2.3% (2024)
Rural population 82.5% (2025)
Rural population growth 0.6% (2025)
Rural population 180,913 (2025)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 9.1% (2025)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 117.07 million current US$ (2025)
Fertilizer consumption 1.03 kilograms per hectare of arable land (2023)
Land area 2,780 sq. km (2023)
Agricultural land 488.3 sq. km (2023)

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Frequently asked questions

What is surface area in Samoa?: Surface area in Samoa was 2,840 sq. km in 2023, according to FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
What is the highest surface area recorded in Samoa?: The highest recorded value was 2,840 sq. km in 1961.
What is the lowest surface area recorded in Samoa?: The lowest recorded value was 2,840 sq. km in 1961.
How does Samoa rank for surface area?: Samoa ranks 173rd out of 216 countries with data for 2023.
Is surface area rising or falling in Samoa?: Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Samoa data come from?: The figures come from FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), published as part of Surface area (sq. km). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Surface area (sq. km)
Unit: sq. km
Source: FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 263 places, 16,395 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Surface area is a country's total area, including areas under inland bodies of water and some coastal waterways.