Earliest recorded position in this interval.
World Wealthiest Country · Abundance history
American Samoa 🇦🇸 · Country History
Movement in the World Wealthiest Country Abundance Scorecard, measured through access to life rather than GDP or money. Every archived point adjustment and source remains available; unchanged observations are condensed by date, not deleted.
World Wealthiest Country · Recorded rank history
31 meaningful rank/score point(s)Dated changes with readable spacing · diagonal lines show rank movement · horizontal lines show held positions · scroll left for earlier dates.
National score over the same dates
The rank can hold while points move. This chart shows only actually recorded score readings; its vertical scale follows the visible minimum and maximum.
Dots mark initial readings and rank or score changes; unchanged readings extend a dated interval. Select a dot for the score and related archived events.
Selected rank observation
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #56 to #57 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Recorded rank movement.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 9 Oct 2026 · 07:51 GMT-0500; 5 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #57 to #56 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
No additional field-by-field change record was found at this date; older missing details are not reconstructed.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 11 Oct 2026 · 12:02 GMT-0500; 61 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #58 to #51 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 11 Oct 2026 · 12:02 GMT-0500; 5 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #51 to #50 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Argentina #38 → #52; points -53.86 → -53.86
This older event recorded only one side of the movement. Other crossing countries were not archived and cannot be reliably named.
Recorded rank movement.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 11 Oct 2026 · 12:03 GMT-0500; 1 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #50 to #68 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Countries that moved ahead of this country (18)
- Argentina #52 → #40; points -55.87 → -55.87
- Canada #53 → #41; points -55.88 → -56.18
- Uruguay #58 → #46; points -56.11 → -56.89
- Thailand #54 → #48; points -55.97 → -56.92
- Colombia #61 → #49; points -56.35 → -56.95
- Latvia #55 → #50; points -56.01 → -56.98
- Chile #73 → #55; points -57.18 → -57.18
- Seychelles #51 → #56; points -55.83 → -57.39
- Lithuania #64 → #57; points -56.53 → -57.41
- Denmark #57 → #58; points -56.09 → -57.46
- South Korea #67 → #59; points -56.69 → -57.70
- Montenegro #68 → #60; points -56.89 → -57.74
- Slovenia #63 → #61; points -56.49 → -57.84
- Macau #69 → #62; points -56.94 → -57.86
- Australia #76 → #63; points -57.34 → -57.92
- Saint Martin (French part) #59 → #64; points -56.15 → -57.93
- Serbia #74 → #65; points -57.21 → -58.04
- Portugal #87 → #67; points -58.28 → -58.28
This older event recorded only one side of the movement. Other crossing countries were not archived and cannot be reliably named.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #79 to #68 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Countries that fell below this country (11)
- United Kingdom #77 → #69; points -58.19 → -58.19
- Northern Mariana Islands #52 → #70; points -56.04 → -58.36
- France #72 → #71; points -57.56 → -58.45
- New Caledonia #60 → #73; points -56.55 → -58.60
- Montserrat #57 → #75; points -56.19 → -58.79
- Saudi Arabia #75 → #77; points -57.99 → -57.99
- Mauritius #76 → #78; points -58.15 → -58.97
- U.S. Virgin Islands #61 → #80; points -56.66 → -56.66
- Niue #67 → #82; points -57.11 → -59.51
- Saint Barthélemy #71 → #83; points -57.45 → -59.53
- Iceland #73 → #89; points -57.82 → -59.91
This older event recorded only one side of the movement. Other crossing countries were not archived and cannot be reliably named.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #67 to #66 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
No peer movements were archived for this older rank event.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #68 to #67 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
No peer movements were archived for this older rank event.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #68 to #67 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
No peer movements were archived for this older rank event.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #66 to #67 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
No peer movements were archived for this older rank event.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #66 to #68 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
No peer movements were archived for this older rank event.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 12 Oct 2026 · 05:13 GMT-0500; 5 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
No additional field-by-field change record was found at this date; older missing details are not reconstructed.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 12 Oct 2026 · 05:13 GMT-0500; 7 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
No additional field-by-field change record was found at this date; older missing details are not reconstructed.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 12 Oct 2026 · 05:13 GMT-0500; 3 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
No additional field-by-field change record was found at this date; older missing details are not reconstructed.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 12 Oct 2026 · 06:17 GMT-0500; 1292 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
No additional field-by-field change record was found at this date; older missing details are not reconstructed.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 13 Oct 2026 · 18:19 GMT-0500; 2 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #68 to #67 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Slovenia #60 → #81; points -57.84 → -59.14
This older event recorded only one side of the movement. Other crossing countries were not archived and cannot be reliably named.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #67 to #66 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Bahrain #52 → #70; points -57.15 → -58.49
Recorded rank movement.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #66 to #65 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- South Korea #55 → #117; points -57.70 → -57.70
Recorded rank movement.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #65 to #64 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Italy #34 → #230
Recorded rank movement.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #64 to #63 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Brunei #15 → #220; points -50.29 → -50.29
Recorded rank movement.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #63 to #62 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Tokelau #2 → #241
Recorded rank movement.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #62 to #61 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- San Marino #3 → #236
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #63 to #61 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (2)
- San Marino #4 → #236; points -47.91 → -47.91
- Tokelau #2 → #241
Recorded rank movement.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #61 to #60 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Falkland Islands #3 → #217
Recorded rank movement.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #60 to #59 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Liechtenstein #3 → #223; points -48.73 → -48.73
Recorded rank movement.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #59 to #58 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon #6 → #235
Recorded rank movement.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 20 Oct 2026 · 08:33 GMT-0500; 2 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #58 to #57 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Montenegro #48 → #227; points -57.74 → -57.74
Recorded rank movement.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 20 Oct 2026 · 08:33 GMT-0500; 2 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #57 to #56 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Maldives #44 → #221
Recorded rank movement.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #56 to #55 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Andorra #9 → #196; points -49.97 → -49.97
Recorded rank movement.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 20 Oct 2026 · 08:33 GMT-0500; 2 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #55 to #54 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Serbia #52 → #231
Recorded rank movement.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 20 Oct 2026 · 08:33 GMT-0500; 2 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #54 to #53 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Latvia #52 → #212
Recorded rank movement.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #53 to #52 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Lithuania #49 → #213
Recorded rank movement.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #52 to #56 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Positions first recorded above (not confirmed rank jumps) (4)
- Lithuania First recorded here at #46; earlier position unavailable
- Montenegro First recorded here at #47; earlier position unavailable
- South Korea First recorded here at #48; earlier position unavailable
- Latvia First recorded here at #54; earlier position unavailable
Recorded rank movement.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #56 to #65 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Positions first recorded above (not confirmed rank jumps) (9)
- Tokelau First recorded here at #2; earlier position unavailable
- San Marino First recorded here at #4; earlier position unavailable
- Falkland Islands First recorded here at #5; earlier position unavailable
- Liechtenstein First recorded here at #6; earlier position unavailable
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon First recorded here at #10; earlier position unavailable
- Andorra First recorded here at #14; earlier position unavailable
- Brunei First recorded here at #15; earlier position unavailable
- Italy First recorded here at #36; earlier position unavailable
- Maldives First recorded here at #51; earlier position unavailable
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #56 to #59 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Positions first recorded above (not confirmed rank jumps) (3)
- San Marino First recorded here at #3; earlier position unavailable
- Liechtenstein First recorded here at #4; earlier position unavailable
- Brunei First recorded here at #11; earlier position unavailable
Recorded rank movement.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #65 to #66 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that moved ahead of this country (1)
- Brazil #99 → #34; points -60.98 → -55.41
Every recorded change
Each archived event is preserved. Category details and sources begin from the first detailed country snapshot; older records remain visible without invented comparisons.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #66 to #67 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
No peer movements were archived for this older rank event.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #66 to #68 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
No peer movements were archived for this older rank event.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #67 to #66 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
No peer movements were archived for this older rank event.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #68 to #67 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
No peer movements were archived for this older rank event.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #50 to #68 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Countries that moved ahead of this country (18)
- Argentina #52 → #40; points -55.87 → -55.87
- Canada #53 → #41; points -55.88 → -56.18
- Uruguay #58 → #46; points -56.11 → -56.89
- Thailand #54 → #48; points -55.97 → -56.92
- Colombia #61 → #49; points -56.35 → -56.95
- Latvia #55 → #50; points -56.01 → -56.98
- Chile #73 → #55; points -57.18 → -57.18
- Seychelles #51 → #56; points -55.83 → -57.39
- Lithuania #64 → #57; points -56.53 → -57.41
- Denmark #57 → #58; points -56.09 → -57.46
- South Korea #67 → #59; points -56.69 → -57.70
- Montenegro #68 → #60; points -56.89 → -57.74
- Slovenia #63 → #61; points -56.49 → -57.84
- Macau #69 → #62; points -56.94 → -57.86
- Australia #76 → #63; points -57.34 → -57.92
- Saint Martin (French part) #59 → #64; points -56.15 → -57.93
- Serbia #74 → #65; points -57.21 → -58.04
- Portugal #87 → #67; points -58.28 → -58.28
This older event recorded only one side of the movement. Other crossing countries were not archived and cannot be reliably named.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #79 to #68 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Countries that fell below this country (11)
- United Kingdom #77 → #69; points -58.19 → -58.19
- Northern Mariana Islands #52 → #70; points -56.04 → -58.36
- France #72 → #71; points -57.56 → -58.45
- New Caledonia #60 → #73; points -56.55 → -58.60
- Montserrat #57 → #75; points -56.19 → -58.79
- Saudi Arabia #75 → #77; points -57.99 → -57.99
- Mauritius #76 → #78; points -58.15 → -58.97
- U.S. Virgin Islands #61 → #80; points -56.66 → -56.66
- Niue #67 → #82; points -57.11 → -59.51
- Saint Barthélemy #71 → #83; points -57.45 → -59.53
- Iceland #73 → #89; points -57.82 → -59.91
This older event recorded only one side of the movement. Other crossing countries were not archived and cannot be reliably named.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #50 to #79 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that moved ahead of this country (29)
- Seychelles #51 → #48; points -55.83 → -55.83
- Argentina #52 → #49; points -55.87 → -55.87
- Thailand #54 → #50; points -55.97 → -55.97
- Latvia #55 → #51; points -56.01 → -56.01
- Northern Mariana Islands #56 → #52; points -56.04 → -56.04
- Denmark #57 → #53; points -56.09 → -56.09
- Uruguay #58 → #54; points -56.11 → -56.11
- Saint Martin (French part) #59 → #55; points -56.15 → -56.15
- Canada #53 → #56; points -55.88 → -55.88
- Montserrat #60 → #57; points -56.19 → -56.19
- Slovenia #63 → #58; points -56.49 → -56.49
- Lithuania #64 → #59; points -56.53 → -56.53
- New Caledonia #65 → #60; points -56.55 → -56.55
- U.S. Virgin Islands #66 → #61; points -56.66 → -56.66
- South Korea #67 → #62; points -56.69 → -56.69
- Montenegro #68 → #64; points -56.89 → -56.89
- Macau #69 → #65; points -56.94 → -56.94
- Colombia #61 → #66; points -56.35 → -56.35
- Niue #71 → #67; points -57.11 → -57.11
- Chile #73 → #69; points -57.18 → -57.18
- Serbia #74 → #70; points -57.21 → -57.21
- Saint Barthélemy #77 → #71; points -57.45 → -57.45
- France #78 → #72; points -57.56 → -57.56
- Iceland #80 → #73; points -57.82 → -57.82
- Australia #76 → #74; points -57.34 → -57.34
- Saudi Arabia #82 → #75; points -57.99 → -57.99
- Mauritius #83 → #76; points -58.15 → -58.15
- United Kingdom #84 → #77; points -58.19 → -58.19
- Portugal #87 → #78; points -58.28 → -58.28
This older event recorded only one side of the movement. Other crossing countries were not archived and cannot be reliably named.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #51 to #50 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Argentina #38 → #52; points -53.86 → -53.86
This older event recorded only one side of the movement. Other crossing countries were not archived and cannot be reliably named.
First detailed category snapshot. Earlier category-by-category changes were not recorded and cannot be reconstructed from current values.
16 category values captured as the first detailed baseline. No earlier category change is being invented.
Open the captured category scores
Sources at first snapshot (5)
Sources at first snapshot (1)
Family repair practices and resourcefulness are positives, while imported parts and materials keep maintenance costly.
Sources at first snapshot (1)
Public schools and American Samoa Community College provide broad foundational/local capability, though advanced study often requires off-island spending.
Sources at first snapshot (1)
Electricity is broadly available but bill- and fuel-dependent; renewable projects improve resilience without clearing the paywall.
Sources at first snapshot (1)
Pacific regional cooperation and environmental stewardship are positives, while aviation/shipping, U.S. strategic presence and imported consumption create a mixed external footprint.
Sources at first snapshot (2)
The 2023 TFR of 2.29 is above replacement and family networks are strong, but economic opportunity, health and migration pressures still constrain family continuity.
Total fertility rate: 2.29000000
Sources at first snapshot (1)
School lunch, fishing, gardens and communal sharing provide real non-market reach, but imported purchased food remains a large part of ordinary nutrition.
Sources at first snapshot (1)
The Department of Health and LBJ Tropical Medical Center provide the core public system, but fees, limited specialist capacity and off-island referrals keep care from being fully frictionless.
Sources at first snapshot (1)
Communal land tenure can reduce speculative land purchase pressure for Samoan families, while housing construction, utilities and eligibility still impose money and status barriers.
Sources at first snapshot (1)
Communal/family structures and government programmes reduce some burden, but imported food, utilities, transport and limited wages keep households dependent on cash and remittances.
Sources at first snapshot (1)
Unlike most U.S. territories, American Samoa operates its own immigration system; entry and durable residence are document- and permission-gated, and birth generally confers U.S. national rather than automatic U.S. citizenship status.
Sources at first snapshot (1)
Local customary and territorial institutions can be accessible, but status, land, federal-program and administrative complexity create friction.
Sources at first snapshot (1)
Communal land offers unusual protection from open-market alienation for Samoan families, though it is status- and family-governed rather than universally accessible to all residents.
Sources at first snapshot (1)
AS-EPA provides environmental stewardship capacity; cyclones, reefs, waste, coastal exposure and imported consumption remain important risks.
Sources at first snapshot (1)
Local roads and buses exist, but vehicles, fuel and inter-island/off-island transport remain strongly payment dependent.
Sources at first snapshot (1)
Beaches, villages, mountains and communal cultural life provide strong ordinary public delight.
Sources at first snapshot (1)
Public water/environmental systems provide meaningful capacity, while infrastructure reliability and household costs remain.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #58 to #51 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #57 to #58 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #56 to #57 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #57 to #56 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #56 to #57 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
The headline TBF Abundance Score changed after the underlying published country dataset changed.
Earlier score events did not preserve an exact category-by-category diff. Review detailed category change events recorded after the new history audit was activated.
This profile predates recoverable live clock history. The timestamp marks the tracking baseline, not an invented original publication time.
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