Samoa vs Tonga

Samoa and Tonga compared on 10 key figures from official sources. Each value is the latest one published for that country, so the year is shown with it.

• Samoa has about 2.1 times as many people as Tonga: 219,306 against 103,742 in 2025.
• GDP per person in Tonga ($6,547) is 11% higher than in Samoa ($5,873) in 2025.
• The economy grew faster in Samoa (4.2%) than in Tonga (2.8%), a difference of 1.4 percentage points in 2025.
• Consumer prices rose faster in Tonga (5.6%) than in Samoa (2.2%), a difference of 3.4 percentage points in 2025.
• The unemployment rate was higher in Samoa (5%) than in Tonga (2%), a difference of 3 percentage points in 2025.
• A baby born in Tonga can expect to live 1.3 years longer than one born in Samoa: 73.1 years against 71.8 years in 2024.
• The population of Tonga is older: half of its people are over 20.7 years, against 19.9 years in Samoa in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in Tonga (67.4% in 2024) than in Samoa (21.2% in 2014), a difference of 46.2 percentage points.
• CO2 emissions per person are about the same in Samoa (1.6 tonnes) and Tonga (1.6 tonnes) in 2024.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in Samoa (57.6%) than in Tonga (12.1%), a difference of 45.5 percentage points in 2024.