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Samoa — Labor participation
Labor Force Participation Rate for Samoa, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
42.53%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · -24.3% since 1990
Labor participation for Samoa was 42.53% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 56.52% in 1994. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.79% per year.
Samoa ranks 172 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 92%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 64.35%, so Samoa sits below it. It peaked in 1994 and has fallen 25% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 22%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
42.53%
First (1990)
56.20%
Change
-24.3%
Highest
56.52%
in 1994
Lowest
42.53%
in 2025
Average
53.49%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.79%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 42.53% |
| 2024 | 43.08% |
| 2023 | 43.44% |
| 2022 | 43.73% |
| 2021 | 45.59% |
| 2020 | 47.57% |
| 2019 | 50.15% |
| 2018 | 52.35% |
| 2017 | 54.43% |
| 2016 | 54.5% |
| 2015 | 54.71% |
| 2014 | 54.84% |
Reading this correctly. Proportion of the population aged 15 and above that is economically active: supplying labor for the production of goods and services. Figures are in % of population ages 15+. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.TLF.CACT.ZS — Labor Force Participation Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.