Photo: Peter Craig, National Park Service · Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale
Topic 16 of 18 · Country Index 2026
American Samoa: Energy
Which countries generate clean, reliable and affordable electricity?
American Samoa is placed 139th of 165 countries on energy in the Country Index 2026, from 2 of its 3 key statistics. Readings behind it: Carbon Intensity of Electricity 622.22 (2024); Renewable Share of Electricity Generation 5.556 (2024).
Share
Energy
139th
of 165 countries placed
Placed from 2 of 3 key statistics
Not placed in the Country Index 2026 overall: measured on too few topics.
01The evidence
The 3 key statistics that decide it
Only these place American Samoa on energy — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
622.22
Carbon intensity (gCO₂e per kWh generated)
Lower is better
American Samoa: 622.22. Across the 165 countries in this edition, values run from 23.73 (Bhutan) to 1,306 (Turkmenistan); the world median is 433.75.
- World median
- 433.75
- Best in Polynesia
- 350 Cook Islands
5.556
Renewables (% of electricity generated)
Higher is better
American Samoa: 5.556. Across the 165 countries in this edition, values run from 0 (Gambia) to 100 (Paraguay); the world median is 32.06.
- World median
- 32.06
- Best in Polynesia
- 50 Cook Islands
Key 3 of 3
World Energy Trilemma Index
World Energy Council
2023 edition · data for 2023 · Express reuse grant (no Creative Commons licence named)
No reading
Trilemma score (0–100)
Higher is better
World Energy Council publishes no 2023 figure for American Samoa, so the standing rests on the other keys.
Across the 126 countries in this edition, values run from 27.7 (Niger) to 83.2 (Denmark); the world median is 63.8.
- World median
- 63.8
02Over time
Which way American Samoa is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Carbon Intensity of Electricity
Carbon intensity (gCO₂e per kWh generated) · lower is better
American SamoaWorld median
American Samoa fell from 658.82 in 2000 to 622.22 in 2024; the world median went from 540.34 to 433.75.
Every year’s figures
Year American Samoa World median 2024 622.2 433.7 2023 658.8 452.7 2022 622.2 476.3 2021 658.8 469.0 2020 658.8 482.0 2019 656.3 488.2 2018 656.3 500.4 2017 656.3 506.3 2016 658.8 521.9 2015 656.3 524.8 2014 660.0 522.3 2013 660.0 508.8 2012 656.3 525.4 2011 656.3 521.4 2010 656.3 515.5 2009 655.6 533.6 2008 657.9 517.2 2007 657.9 535.3 2006 657.9 537.5 2005 657.9 521.4 2004 657.9 523.1 2003 657.9 543.1 2002 655.6 551.3 2001 658.8 559.3 2000 658.8 540.3 Renewable Share of Electricity Generation
Renewables (% of electricity generated) · higher is better
American SamoaWorld median
American Samoa rose from 0 in 2000 to 5.556 in 2024; the world median went from 15.61 to 32.06.
Every year’s figures
Year American Samoa World median 2024 6 32.062 2023 0 28.000 2022 6 28.881 2021 0 28.286 2020 0 27.125 2019 0 26.296 2018 0 25.505 2017 0 24.023 2016 0 22.218 2015 0 21.915 2014 0 21.151 2013 0 21.593 2012 0 19.869 2011 0 18.584 2010 0 18.572 2009 0 17.886 2008 0 15.923 2007 0 15.586 2006 0 15.392 2005 0 16.438 2004 0 16.445 2003 0 16.339 2002 0 13.826 2001 0 14.023 2000 0 15.612
03In context
American Samoa beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 165 countries on energy, never a place within the region.
American Samoa and Polynesia
American Samoa has no land border, so the table compares it with its sub-region. Standing among all 165; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | Carbon Intensity of ElectricityCarbon intensity (gCO₂e per kWh generated) | Renewable Share of Electricity GenerationRenewables (% of electricity generated) | World Energy Trilemma IndexTrilemma score (0–100) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cook Islands | 61st | 350 | 50 | — |
 Samoa | 68th | 400 | 43.75 | — |
 French Polynesia | 76th | 440.28 | 34.72 | — |
 Tonga | 120th | 571.43 | 14.29 | — |
| American Samoa | 139th | 622.22 | 5.556 | — |
 Niue | not placed | — | — | — |
 Tuvalu | not placed | — | — | — |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Polynesia
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 165.
Placed either side on energy
The countries immediately above and below American Samoa in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where American Samoa is ahead of the world, and behind
14 more statistics filed under energy, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median1
Statistics on which American Samoa does better than the middle country measured.
Wind and Solar Share of Electricity GenerationEmber · 2024 · world median 5.2795.5565.279▲ Improved since 2014
American Samoa: 5.556 · world median 5.279 · Wind and solar (% of electricity generated). Ember, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 69.12; higher is better.
Behind the world median1
Statistics on which American Samoa does worse than the middle country measured.
Low-Carbon Share of Electricity GenerationEmber · 2024 · world median 37.325.55637.32▲ Improved since 2014
American Samoa: 5.556 · world median 37.32 · Low-carbon sources (% of electricity generated). Ember, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 100; higher is better.
Position 135th of 162 · derived.
Level with the median, or no median to compare1
Coal Share of Electricity GenerationEmber · 2024 · world median 000No real change since 2014
American Samoa: 0 · world median 0 · Coal (% of electricity generated). Ember, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 98.25; lower is better.
No better end11
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Solar Share of Electricity GenerationEmber · 2024 · world median 3.0495.5563.049Moved since 2014
American Samoa: 5.556 · world median 3.049 · Solar (% of electricity generated). Ember, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 50.
Nuclear Share of Electricity GenerationEmber · 2024 · world median 000No real change since 2014
American Samoa: 0 · world median 0 · Nuclear (% of electricity generated). Ember, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 67.4.
Net Electricity Imports (share of generation)Ember · 2024 · world median 000No real change since 2014
American Samoa: 0 · world median 0 · Net electricity imports (% of domestic generation). Ember, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from -70.16 to 707.07.
Photovoltaic Power Potential (PVOUT)World Bank Group (ESMAP), data by Solargis · 2020 · world median 4.2733.9834.273No earlier reading
American Samoa: 3.983 · world median 4.273 · Practical solar power potential (kWh per kWp per day, long-term average). World Bank Group (ESMAP), data by Solargis, 2020 edition, data for 2020.
Published values in that edition run from 2.513 to 5.379.
Natural Gas ProductionEIA · 2024 · world median 000No real change since 2014
American Samoa: 0 · world median 0 · Dry natural gas produced (billion cubic metres). U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 1,069.
Crude Oil ProductionEIA · 2025 · world median 000No real change since 2015
American Samoa: 0 · world median 0 · Crude oil produced (thousand barrels per day). U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 13,586.
Gas Share of Electricity GenerationEmber · 2024 · world median 2.58502.585Moved since 2014
American Samoa: 0 · world median 2.585 · Natural gas (% of electricity generated). Ember, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 99.97.
Solar Electricity Installed CapacityEIA · 2024 · world median 0.1440.0070.144Moved since 2014
American Samoa: 0.007 · world median 0.144 · Solar generating capacity installed (gigawatts). U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 886.66.
Operating Wind Power CapacityGlobal Energy Monitor · 2026 · world median 1000100No earlier reading
American Samoa: 0 · world median 100 · Wind farm capacity in operation (megawatts). Global Energy Monitor, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 542,758.
Hydro Share of Electricity GenerationEmber · 2024 · world median 12.85012.85No real change since 2014
American Samoa: 0 · world median 12.85 · Hydropower (% of electricity generated). Ember, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 100.
Primary Energy ProductionEIA · 2024 · world median 0.07700.077No real change since 2014
American Samoa: 0 · world median 0.077 · Primary energy produced (quadrillion Btu). U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 130.76.
No current reading for American Samoa
Access to Electricity, Access to Electricity, Rural, CO₂ Emissions per Capita, Energy Intensity of GDP (PPP) (last 2018), Firms Identifying Electricity as a Major Constraint, Firms Owning or Sharing a Generator, Operating Coal Power Capacity, Primary Energy Consumption per Capita (last 2019), Primary Schools with Electricity, RISE Clean Cooking Policy Score, RISE Electricity Access Policy Score, RISE Energy Efficiency Policy Score, RISE Renewable Energy Policy Score and World Energy Trilemma Index. Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Energy among American Samoa’s 2 topics
Energy is American Samoa’s best-placed topic of 2. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
No standing on Governance & Institutions, Economy & Innovation, Work & Labour, Education & Knowledge, Health & Wellbeing, Development & Human Capital, Environment & Sustainability, Gender & Equality, Democracy & Civil Liberties, Peace & Security, Risk & Resilience, Food & Agriculture, Poverty & Inequality, Digital & Technology: too few of those topics’ key statistics are published for this country.
06The top of the list
Who leads on energy
The three countries placed highest of 165, and the leaders American Samoa can most readily be measured against.
1
BhutanSouthern Asia
1st of 165 · 2 of 3 keys
Photo: VIkramjit Kakati derivative work: ויקיג'אנקי · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
2
NorwayNorthern Europe
2nd of 165 · 3 of 3 keys
Photo: Ximonic , Simo Räsänen · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
3
UgandaEastern Africa
3rd of 165 · 2 of 3 keys
Photo: Rod Waddington from Kergunyah, Australia · CC BY-SA 2.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Oceania
New Zealand11th3/3 keysHighest in Polynesia
Cook Islands61st2/3 keysThis page
American Samoa139th2/3 keys
Positions out of 165 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
Roads, railways, water supply and telecommunications are not covered: each would need a worldwide series this site does not hold. Emissions from the whole economy are measured under Environment & Sustainability. Oil and gas production, total energy use, energy-efficiency policy and businesses' experience of power cuts are published here as context, without a better end where none exists.
How the Energy standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 3 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 3 keys to be placed.
The energy method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- Carbon Intensity of Electricity — Ember, CC BY 4.0
- Renewable Share of Electricity Generation — Ember, CC BY 4.0
- World Energy Trilemma Index — World Energy Council, Express reuse grant (no Creative Commons licence named)
The other 14 statistics on this page come from 4 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
American Samoa’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- American Samoa (banner) — Peter Craig, National Park Service, Public domain
- Bhutan — VIkramjit Kakati derivative work: ויקיג'אנקי, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Norway — Ximonic , Simo Räsänen, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Uganda — Rod Waddington from Kergunyah, Australia, CC BY-SA 2.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). American Samoa: Energy — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/american-samoa/energy