Elevation extremes: lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m highest point:
Mauga Silisili 1,857 m
Natural resources: hardwood forests, fish, hydropower
Land use: arable land: 19% permanent crops: 24% other: 57% (1998 est.)
Irrigated land: NA sq km
Natural hazards: occasional typhoons; active volcanism
Environment - current issues: soil erosion
Environment - international agreements: party to: Biodiversity, Climate
Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Law of the Sea,
Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection signed, but not ratified:
none of the selected agreements
Geography - note: occupies an almost central position within Polynesia
People Samoa
Population: 178,631 (July 2002 est.)