Migration trends in Samoa
Oceania
119.3K people from Samoa have built lives abroad. That's 54.7% of the country population, spread across 19 different countries
218K
Population
3.5K
Immigrants
119.3K
Emigrants
−115.8K
Outflow
Every 3rd person born in Samoa now lives abroad
The #149 largest source of emigrants worldwide
Top corridors
The largest migration routes in Samoa
Where people move to
Where people come from
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
3.1K immigrants · 64.6K emigrants
1995
- A surge of arrivals — the foreign-born population jumped 41%
2020
- The diaspora abroad passed 100K people
Today
- Since 1990: roughly the same number of foreign-born residents and 54.7K more citizens living abroad