Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, per square in Samoa
Samoa: Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, per square was 0.0048 metric tons per square kilometre in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, per square in Samoa, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in metric tons per square kilometre.
Analysis
Samoa recorded 0.0048 metric tons per square kilometre for seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, per square in 2023.
The figure is up 32.5% on the previous year and up 261.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, per square in Samoa peaked at 0.0055 metric tons per square kilometre in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0 metric tons per square kilometre, in 1961.
That places Samoa 166th out of 215 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, per square in Samoa, year by year
| Year | metric tons per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1963 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1964 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1965 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1966 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1967 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1968 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1969 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1970 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1971 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1972 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1973 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1974 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1975 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1976 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1977 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1978 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1979 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1980 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1981 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1982 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1983 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1984 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1985 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1986 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1987 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1988 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1989 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1990 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1991 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1992 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1993 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1994 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1995 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1996 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1997 | 0.0004 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1998 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | -100.0% |
| 1999 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 2000 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 2001 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 2002 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 2003 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 2004 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 2005 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 2006 | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 2007 | 0.0011 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 2008 | 0.0011 metric tons per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.0018 metric tons per square kilometre | +66.7% |
| 2010 | 0.0018 metric tons per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.0018 metric tons per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.0016 metric tons per square kilometre | -8.0% |
| 2013 | 0.0013 metric tons per square kilometre | -18.9% |
| 2014 | 0.002 metric tons per square kilometre | +49.2% |
| 2015 | 0.0047 metric tons per square kilometre | +139.8% |
| 2016 | 0.0042 metric tons per square kilometre | -10.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0044 metric tons per square kilometre | +2.8% |
| 2018 | 0.0054 metric tons per square kilometre | +23.2% |
| 2019 | 0.0055 metric tons per square kilometre | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 0.0036 metric tons per square kilometre | -34.5% |
| 2021 | 0.0036 metric tons per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 0.0036 metric tons per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.0048 metric tons per square kilometre | +32.5% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 0.0048 metric tons per square kilometre is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0754 metric tons per square kilometre, 6% of the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 0.0048 metric tons per square kilometre is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.1481 metric tons per square kilometre, 3% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, per square in Samoa changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | +139.8% | 0.002 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.0047 metric tons per square kilometre |
| 1998 | -100.0% | 0.0004 metric tons per square kilometre | 0 metric tons per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.0004 metric tons per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0004 metric tons per square kilometre | 0 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.0018 metric tons per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0033 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.0013 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.0055 metric tons per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0039 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.0036 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.0048 metric tons per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
- 163 Gambia 0.0056 metric tons per square kilometre compare
- 164 Morocco 0.0053 metric tons per square kilometre compare
- 165 Congo 0.0049 metric tons per square kilometre compare
- 167 Burkina Faso 0.0043 metric tons per square kilometre compare
- 168 Luxembourg 0.0031 metric tons per square kilometre compare
- 169 Sudan 0.0028 metric tons per square kilometre compare
More reference data data for Samoa
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.023 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0165 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0396 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0396 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.077 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0626 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0918 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.2319 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Burning - Crop residues 0 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.1693 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, per square in Samoa?
- Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, per square in Samoa was 0.0048 metric tons per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, per square recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0055 metric tons per square kilometre in 2019.
- What is the lowest seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, per square recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 metric tons per square kilometre in 1961.
- How does Samoa rank for seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, per square?
- Samoa ranks 166th out of 215 countries with data for 2023.
- Is seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, per square rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 261.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Samoa data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.