Samoa.
Independent State of Samoa
Population
222K
GDP (nominal)
$860M
GDP / capita
$3,874
Capital
Apia
Government
Unitary parliamentary …
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
No votes recorded for this period yet.
Bloc alignment
Bloc alignment data not available yet.
Top voting partners
Topic-level voting
Source: Erik Voeten, “United Nations General Assembly Voting Data”, Harvard Dataverse (CC0). Aggregated by Model Diplomat. Last refresh tracked in profile freshness.
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.
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
In the news
Stories surfacing across Samoa’s authoritative outlets. Grouped by topic, ranked by source coverage.