Outline of Samoa


The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Samoa:
Samoa - sovereign island nation located in the western Samoan Islands archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean. Previous names were Samoa from 1900 to 1919, and Western Samoa from 1914 to 1997. It was admitted to the United Nations on 15 December 1976. The entire island group, inclusive of American Samoa, was known by Europeans as the Navigator Islands before the 20th century because of the Samoans' seafaring skills.

General reference

Ecoregions of Samoa

  • Ecoregions in Samoa

    Administrative divisions of Samoa

  • Districts of Samoa
    Districts of Samoa

Demography of Samoa

Government and politics of Samoa

Executive branch of the government of Samoa

The Independent State of Samoa is a member of:
  • African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States
  • Asian Development Bank
  • Commonwealth of Nations
  • Food and Agriculture Organization
  • Group of 77
  • International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
  • International Civil Aviation Organization
  • International Criminal Court
  • International Development Association
  • International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
  • International Finance Corporation
  • International Fund for Agricultural Development
  • International Labour Organization
  • International Maritime Organization
  • International Monetary Fund
  • International Olympic Committee
  • International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
  • International Telecommunication Union
  • International Trade Union Confederation
  • Inter-Parliamentary Union
  • Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
  • Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
  • Pacific Islands Forum
  • Secretariat of the Pacific Community
  • South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Cooperation Agreement
  • United Nations
  • United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
  • United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
  • Universal Postal Union
  • World Customs Organization
  • World Health Organization
  • World Intellectual Property Organization
  • World Meteorological Organization
  • World Trade Organization

    Law and order in Samoa

  • Constitution of Samoa
  • Crime in Samoa
  • Human rights in Samoa
  • * LGBT rights in Samoa
  • * Freedom of religion in Samoa
  • Law enforcement in Samoa

    Military of Samoa

Samoa has no military.

Local government in Samoa

The Fa'amatai system is Samoa's chiefly system of governance existing at the local village level.

History of Samoa

Infrastructure of Samoa