Unemployment rate: Samoa
4.996% in 2025, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1991 to 2025 are below.
Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.996 |
| 2024 | 4.855 |
| 2023 | 4.92 |
| 2022 | 5.048 |
| 2021 | 6.664 |
| 2020 | 7.467 |
| 2019 | 7.858 |
| 2018 | 8.649 |
| 2017 | 9.4 |
| 2016 | 9.063 |
| 2015 | 8.901 |
| 2014 | 8.72 |
| 2013 | 8.772 |
| 2012 | 8.752 |
| 2011 | 5.68 |
| 2010 | 5.621 |
| 2009 | 5.646 |
| 2008 | 5.538 |
| 2007 | 5.425 |
| 2006 | 5.321 |
| 2005 | 5.212 |
| 2004 | 5.162 |
| 2003 | 5.038 |
| 2002 | 4.975 |
| 2001 | 4.96 |
| 2000 | 4.733 |
| 1999 | 4.489 |
| 1998 | 4.127 |
| 1997 | 3.78 |
| 1996 | 3.515 |
| 1995 | 3.244 |
| 1994 | 2.999 |
| 1993 | 2.689 |
| 1992 | 2.439 |
| 1991 | 2.1 |