FAOSTAT · 2024

Agricultural production in Samoa

According to FAOSTAT, Samoa produced 1,354 t of vegetables, 44,852 t of fruit, 3,059 t of meat and 1,579 t of milk in 2024. Its largest crops by volume were coconuts (64,661 t), bananas (21,853 t) and taro (18,737 t).

Products recorded: 36
World #1: 0; products
World top 10: 0; products
Year: 2024

Among its twelve largest crops, the biggest ten-year change was in yams (−99%), followed by coconuts (−63%).

Livestock numbers: 38,349 cattle and 91,647 pigs.

Totals by group

Group	Tonnes	World rank	Share	10-year change
All fruit	44,852	150	0%	−3.0%
All roots and tubers	22,299	155	0%	−38%
All meat	3,059	174	0%	−32%
All milk	1,579	172	0%	−13%
All vegetables	1,354	187	0%	+7.0%
All citrus fruit	744	122	0%	+6.4%
All eggs	387	161	0%	+0.8%
All sugar crops	12	136	0%	0.0%

All products by volume, 2024

Product	Tonnes	World rank	Share	10-year change
Coconuts, in shell	64,661	35	0.1%	−63%
Bananas	21,853	77	0.02%	−4.3%
Taro	18,737	27	0.1%	−27%
Beer	8,777	150	0%	+90%
Other tropical fruits, n.e.c.	8,579	44	0.04%	−7.5%
Pineapples	4,646	60	0.02%	+2.3%
Mangoes and guavas	4,292	70	0.01%	+2.7%
Papayas	3,294	47	0.02%	−3.8%
Other starchy roots and tubers	3,014	45	0.03%	+0.2%
Cow milk	1,579	170	0%	−13%
Avocados	1,443	54	0.01%	+11%
Pork (pig meat)	1,384	136	0%	−50%
Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c.	1,326	162	0%	+7.2%
Beef (cattle meat)	1,293	158	0%	+1.5%
Other citrus fruit, n.e.c.	744	47	0.01%	+6.4%
Cocoa beans	483	39	0.01%	+1.3%
Cassava	469	83	0%	+10%
Other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c.	393	17	0.06%	−7.1%
Hen eggs	387	161	0%	+0.8%
Chicken meat	382	177	0%	−18%
Raw hides and skins of cattle	253	128	0%	+1.6%
Tobacco, unmanufactured	252	100	0%	+18%
Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen	219	131	0%	+1.4%
Coconut oil	212	49	0.01%	−96%
Other oil seeds, n.e.c.	212	59	0.01%	+8.7%
Honey	180	104	0.01%	−20%
Other stimulant, spice and aromatic crops, n.e.c.	105	61	0%	+4.0%
Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen	100	105	0%	−50%
Fat of pigs	81	111	0%	−50%
Yams	78	55	0%	−99%
Cattle fat, unrendered	62	127	0%	+1.6%
Green maize	28	46	0%	−3.4%
Coffee, green	12	74	0%	+9.1%
Sugar cane	12	93	0%	0.0%
Pepper (black, white)	11	46	0%	0.0%
Buttermilk, dry	3	131	0%	—

Live animals, 2024

Product	Head	World rank	Share	10-year change
Chickens	438,000	160	0%	−11%
Pigs	91,647	114	0.01%	−47%
Cattle	38,349	162	0%	−22%
Bees	11,111	81	0.01%	+1.0%
Asses	7,000	72	0.01%	0.0%
Horses	1,954	119	0%	+2.8%

Samoa among the world’s producers, 2024

Share of world production by country for the largest crops of Samoa, which is outlined on the map.

Product

under 0.1%0.1–1%1–5%5–15%15% or moreno data
Small island states are not drawn at this scale.

Production per person, 2024

Samoa had 218,019 inhabitants in 2024 (FAOSTAT estimate). Production of its largest products per inhabitant, compared with the world average:

Product	kg per person	World, kg per person	Ratio
Coconuts, in shell	297	8.03	36.9×
Bananas	100	17.1	5.9×
Taro	85.9	2.23	38.5×
Beer	40.3	22.7	1.8×
Other tropical fruits, n.e.c.	39.3	2.93	13.4×
Pineapples	21.3	3.60	5.9×
Mangoes and guavas	19.7	7.62	2.6×
Papayas	15.1	1.80	8.4×
Other starchy roots and tubers	13.8	1.20	11.5×
Cow milk	7.24	97.7	0.1×
Avocados	6.62	1.38	4.8×
Pork (pig meat)	6.35	15.4	0.4×

Production divided by population; it is not consumption, because crops are traded and used for feed, processing and industry.

Trade in agricultural products, 2024

Samoa reported exports of 45 and imports of 95 of the products covered here.

Largest exports by value

Product	Tonnes	Value	USD/kg	World rank
Coconut oil	937	USD 3.2 m	3.46	26 of 94
Taro	796	USD 1.1 m	1.32	13 of 53
Beer of barley, malted	489	USD 567,000	1.16	107 of 149
Coconuts, in shell	530	USD 471,000	0.89	26 of 93
Hen eggs in shell, fresh	131	USD 396,000	3.02	88 of 107
Cocoa beans	27	USD 139,000	5.15	69 of 93
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled	49	USD 96,000	1.96	99 of 123
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled	30	USD 88,000	2.93	69 of 82
Cream, fresh	23	USD 80,000	3.48	58 of 69
Butter of cow milk	4	USD 45,000	11.25	99 of 113

Largest imports by value

Product	Tonnes	Value	USD/kg	World rank
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled	19,074	USD 25.8 m	1.35	88 of 189
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled	1,907	USD 5.2 m	2.73	49 of 178
Skim milk of cows	4,857	USD 5.1 m	1.04	35 of 176
Raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only)	6,590	USD 4.8 m	0.73	86 of 183
Butter of cow milk	475	USD 3.0 m	6.36	109 of 189
Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled	771	USD 2.7 m	3.45	74 of 169
Meat of turkeys, fresh or chilled	809	USD 1.8 m	2.18	78 of 162
Cheese from whole cow milk	239	USD 1.5 m	6.41	156 of 192
Raw milk of cattle	1,313	USD 1.4 m	1.10	113 of 188
Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled	669	USD 1.3 m	1.96	88 of 168

FAOSTAT detailed trade data, release of 23 July 2026: quantities in tonnes and values in current US dollars as reported; exports include re-exports. Only the FAO trade items that match Husfarm production pages are included: meat covers fresh or chilled meat only (frozen meat is a separate item), and processed goods such as milled rice or flour are not listed.

Questions and answers

What are the main crops produced in Samoa?

By volume, the largest products of Samoa in 2024 were coconuts, in shell (64,661 t), bananas (21,853 t), taro (18,737 t), according to FAOSTAT.

Is Samoa the world’s largest producer of anything?

Not in 2024. Its highest world rank was 17th, for other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c..

How much coconuts, in shell does Samoa produce per person?

About 297 kg per inhabitant in 2024, compared with a world average of 8.03 kg (production divided by population, FAOSTAT).

What does Samoa export most?

By value, its largest agricultural exports in 2024 among the products covered here were coconut oil (USD 3.2 m), taro (USD 1.1 m), beer of barley, malted (USD 567,000), according to FAOSTAT.

What does Samoa import most?

By value, its largest agricultural imports in 2024 among the products covered here were meat of chickens, fresh or chilled (USD 25.8 m), meat of sheep, fresh or chilled (USD 5.2 m), skim milk of cows (USD 5.1 m).

Where does this data come from?

Production, trade and population figures are from FAOSTAT, the statistics database of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rankings, shares and per-person figures are calculated by Husfarm.

Source: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Crops and livestock products. Accessed on 4 November 2026. fao.org/faostat. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Charts, rankings and changes calculated by Husfarm.