Samoa
Independent State of Samoa
Population
222K
GDP
$860M
Capital
Apia
Government
Unitary parliamentary republic
Power & politics
Leadership, governance, and democratic trajectory.
Democracy index
6.3 / 10
UN voting record
How Samoa votes at the UN General Assembly — ideological trajectory, voting partners, topic patterns, and key recent roll calls.
Ideological trajectory
Voting summary
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Bloc alignment
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Top voting partners
Topic-level voting
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Foreign policy
Bilateral posture, key relationships, and live diplomatic statements.
Foreign Policy
Samoa's foreign policy emphasizes Pacific solidarity, climate action, and development partnerships. It switched diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to China in 2019, securing Chinese infrastructure investment including a controversial port project. Traditional partnerships with New Zealand and Australia remain important, but Samoa has diversified its diplomatic and economic relationships.
MUN Delegate Guide
As Samoa, invoke your status as the first independent Pacific Island state and your SIDS leadership legacy. The SAMOA Pathway bears your name -- use it as a framework for development discussions.
Coordinate with AOSIS, the Pacific Islands Forum, and the G-77. Push for implementation of SIDS commitments, climate adaptation funding, and recognition of non-economic losses from climate change. Your traditional governance system is a unique asset -- share it as a model for integrating indigenous knowledge into development.
Treaties & memberships
UN multilateral treaty positions and IGO memberships.
International Organizations
Society & economy
Macro-economic snapshot and demographic context.
GDP (nominal)
$860M
GDP per capita
$3,874
Currency
Samoan Tala (WST)
HDI
0.71
Top trading partners
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