## Samoa: Technical Assistance Report-National Accounts Statistics Mission (March 24–April 18, 2025)

_Technical Assistance Reports, June 13, 2025_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: June 13, 2025
- Series: Technical Assistance Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9798229014168.019

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### Summary
- The Samoan authorities have expressed strong interest in the Supply and Use Tables (SUT) to improve macroeconomic projections for policy purposes.
- The mission worked with Samoa Bureau of Statistics (SBS) staff to assess and adjust the Household Income and Expenditure Survey data; compile Household Final Consumption Expenditure estimates for 2023; and map the estimates to the SUT.
- Government Final Consumption Expenditure, and output and intermediate consumption estimates by industry have been compiled and incorporated in the SUT.
- Exports and imports data were assessed, aggregated, and mapped to the SUT as well.

### Activities and substantive outputs
- Assessed and adjusted Household Income and Expenditure Survey data.
- Compiled Household Final Consumption Expenditure estimates for 2023 and mapped these estimates to the SUT.
- Compiled Government Final Consumption Expenditure estimates and incorporated them into the SUT.
- Compiled output and intermediate consumption estimates by industry and incorporated them into the SUT.
- Assessed, aggregated, and mapped exports and imports data to the SUT.

### Data, methods, and scope
- Focus on implementing and populating Supply and Use Tables (SUT) to strengthen macroeconomic projections and policy analysis.
- Integration of household survey adjustments, government expenditure compilation, industry-level output and intermediate consumption estimation, and trade data mapping into a consistent SUT framework.

### Subject areas and keywords
- Subject: Data processing; Economic and financial statistics; Expenditure; Financial statements; Imports; International trade; Public financial management (PFM); Trade in goods
- Keywords: A. household FCE benchmark; B. government FCE benchmark; Data processing; Exports; Financial statements; GDP; Government Final Consumption Expenditure; Household Income and Expenditure Survey; Imports; Rebase schedule; Samoa tourism authority; Samoa.; SBS merchandise trade data; Supply and Use Tables; Trade in goods

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## Content in this bundle

- **Annex 1. Updated 2023 BAS Project Plan**
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