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Samoan 88.6% (closely related to Hawaiian and other Polynesian languages), English 3.9%, Tongan 2.7%, other Pacific islander 3%, other 1.8%
PAGO PAGO (capital) 48,000 (2014)
- Conventional long form
- Territory of American Samoa
- Conventional short form
- American Samoa
- Local long form
- Local short form
presidential democracy; a self-governing territory of the US
- Name
- Pago Pago
- Geographic coordinates
- 14 16 S, 170 42 W
- Time difference
- UTC-11 (6 hours behind Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
American Samoa has a traditional Polynesian economy in which more than 90% of the land is communally owned. Economic activity is strongly linked to the US with which American Samoa conducts most of its commerce. Tuna fishing and tuna processing plants are the backbone of the private sector with canned tuna the primary export. The two tuna canneries accounted for 13.1% of employment in 2013.
- Inflation
- None%
- Total tax rate (% of commercial profits)
- None%
- Real Interest Rate
- None%
- Manufacturing, value added (% of GDP)
- None%
- Current Account Balance
- US$
- Labor Force, Total
- Employment in Agriculture
- %
- Employment in Industry
- %
- Employment in Services
- %
- Unemployment Rate
- %
- Imports of goods and services
- US$
- Exports of goods and services
- US$
- Total Merchandise Trade
- %
- FDI, net inflows
- US$
- Commercial Service Exports
- US$
bananas, coconuts, vegetables, taro, breadfruit, yams, copra, pineapples, papayas; dairy products, livestock
tuna canneries (largely supplied by foreign fishing vessels), handicrafts
- Commodities
- canned tuna 93%
- Partners
- US 100%
- Commodities
- raw materials for canneries, food, petroleum products, machinery and parts
- Partners