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Ethnicity/race: Samoan 92.6%, Euronesians 7% (persons of European and Polynesian blood), Europeans 0.4%

Religion: Congregationalist 34.8%, Roman Catholic 19.6%, Methodist 15%, Latter-Day Saints 12.7%, Assembly of God 6.6%, Seventh-Day Adventist 3.5%, other Christian 4.5%, Worship Centre 1.3%, other 1.7%, unspecified 0.1% (2001)

National Holiday: Flag Day, November 1

Literacy rate: 99.7% (2003 est.)

Economic summary: GDP/PPP $1.122 billion (2011 est.); per capita $6,000 (2011 est). Real growth rate: 2% (2009 est). Inflation: 4.3% (2007). Unemployment: n.a. Arable land: 21%. Agriculture: coconuts, bananas, taro, yams, coffee, cocoa. Labor force: 66,270 (2007 est.). Industries: food processing, building materials, auto parts. Natural resources: hardwood forests, fish, hydropower. Exports: $35 million f.o.b. (2010): fish, coconut oil and cream, copra, taro, automotive parts, garments, beer. Imports: $280 million f.o.b. (2010): machinery and equipment, industrial supplies, foodstuffs. Major trading partners: Australia, U.S., Indonesia, New Zealand, Fiji, Taiwan, Singapore, Japan (2004).

Communications: Telephones: main lines in use: 35,300 (2009); mobile cellular: 167,400 (2009). Radio broadcast stations: AM 2, FM 5, shortwave 0 (2004). Radios: 174,849 (1997). Television broadcast stations: 4 (2009). Televisions: 8,634 (1999). Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 18,074 (2010). Internet users: 9,000 (2009).

Transportation: Railways: 0 km. Highways: total: 2,337 km; paved: 332 km; unpaved: 2,005 km (2004 est.). Ports and harbors: Apia, Asau, Mulifanua, Salelologa. Airports: 4 (2012).

International disputes: none; note—some EEZ demarcations, including the one with American Samoa, are undefined.

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