Samoa: Technical Assistance Report - Report on National Account Statistics Mission (March 2-13, 2026)
Technical Assistance Reports, June 5, 2026
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Bibliographic details
- Published: June 5, 2026
- Series: Technical Assistance Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9798229043953.019
Mission scope and activities
- Mission dates: March 2-13, 2026.
- Principal counterpart: Samoa Bureau of Statistics (SBS) staff.
- Core activity: Assessment of the revised Business Activity Survey (BAS) data and mapping these data to the Supply and Use Tables (SUT).
- Objective stated by authorities: Strong interest in the Supply and Use Tables (SUT) to improve macroeconomic projections for policy purposes.
Key findings and outputs
- A preliminary balanced SUT for 2023 has been prepared.
- The mission worked with SBS staff to:
- Assess revised BAS data.
- Map BAS results to the SUT framework.
Data themes and topics covered
- Capital formation
- Data collection
- Economic and financial statistics
- Gross fixed investment
- National accounts
- Specific data instruments referenced: Business Activity Survey (BAS), Household Income and Expenditure Survey
- Flows and aggregates referenced: Exports, Imports, Government Final Consumption Expenditure, GDP
Policy relevance and use
- Authorities expect the SUT to support improved macroeconomic projections for policy purposes.
- Strengthened BAS-SUT linkage is positioned to enhance measurement of:
- Gross fixed investment
- Capital formation
- Sectoral and aggregate GDP components
Keywords and technical terms (as used in the report)
- Business Activity Survey
- Capital formation
- Data collection
- Exports
- GDP
- Government Final Consumption Expenditure
- Gross fixed investment
- Household Income and Expenditure Survey
- Supply and Use Tables
- National accounts
Source: Samoa: Technical Assistance Report - Report on National Account Statistics Mission (March 2-13, 2026), June 5, 2026.
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