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• The Independent State of Samoa
  • General Information
    • Fact Sheet
    • Introduction
    • Geography
    • Socio-economic Profile
    • Government
    • National Social Welfare System
    • Education Profile
    • Health Profile
    • Information Communication Technology
  • Current Situation of Persons with Disabilities
  • Plan of Action toward Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons, 2003 - 2012
  • Profile of Disability Related Organizations

1. General Fact Sheet

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Government (ii)
Type		Constitutional Monarchy
Chief of State		Chief Tanumafili II Malietoa (since April 1963)
Head of Government		Prime Minister Sailele Malielegaoi Tuila'epa (since November 1998)
Capital		Apia
Administrative Divisions		11 districts
Demographics
Mid - 2005 Population (thousands) i	185	Age Structure (2004) i
Annual Growth Rate i	0.9%	0 - 14 years	40.0%
Urban Population (2005) i	22.0%	15 - 64 years	55.0%
Nationality	Samoan	Over 65 years	5.0%
Ethnic Group (2001) ii		Sex Ratio (2005 est.) ii	1.39 male(s)/female
Samoan	92.6%	Unemployment Rate ii	N/A
Euronesians	7.0%	Population below poverty line ii	N/A
Europeans	0.4%
Education (iii)
Adult Literacy (M) (2000 - 2004 est.)	98.9%	Enrolment Ratios
Adult Literacy (F) (2000 - 2004 est.)	98.4%	Primary (2002/2003)	105.0%
Public expenditure on Education:total government expenditure (2001)	14.6%	Secondary (2002/2003)	76.0%
		Tertiary (2000/2001)	7.0%
		Compulsory	Yes
Health
Life Expectancy (M) (2001) i	72 years	HIV/AIDS Prevalence ii	N/A
Life Expectancy (F) (2001) i	74 years	HIV/AIDS Figures (2001 est.) ii	12
		Infant Mortality (per 1,000) (2001 est) i	19
Economic (ii)
GDP - per capita (2002 est.)	$ 5,600	Contributions to GDP ( 2001 est.)
GDP Growth (2002)	5.0%	Agriculture	14.0%
Budget (2001 - 2002 est.)		Industry	23.0%
Revenues	$ 105 million	Services	63.0%
Expenditures	$ 119 million
Disability
Major Legislation		None
Disability Figure - (2002) (above 15 year old) iv	2,874	Disability by Type iv
Disability Prevalence - (2002) iv	3.0%	Autistic	0.2%
Disability by Sex (M) (2002) iv	47.3%	Behavioral/Emotional Problems	0.6%
Disability by Sex (F) (2002) iv	52.7%	Blind	3.1%
National Coordination Committee on Disability	None	Deaf	3.4%
		Epileptic	5.7%
		Hearing Impaired	12.9%
		Intellectually Impaired	3.0%
		Mental Illness	5.5%
		Physically Disabled	32.9%
		Speech/Language Impaired	6.0%
		Specific Learning Disability	3.0%
		Visually Impaired	20.7%

Source

1. 2005 ESCAP Population Data Sheet, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)
2. CIA-The World Factbook 2005 - Samoa (http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ws.html)
3. UNESCO : Institution for Statistics - education sector (www.uis.unesco.org)
4. Adult Disability Identification Census 2002