Income share held by the richest 10% in Samoa

The richest 10% of people in Samoa received 31.3% of total income or consumption in 2013.

Measure: Income share held by the richest 10% Unit: % of total income or consumption Data: 2002 to 2013 Source: World Bank
The latest value for Samoa is for 2013. Most countries have figures for 2021.
Samoa, 2013 31.3% % of total income or consumption
Change from 2008 −2.7percentage points 2008: 34.0%

Income share held by the richest 10% in Samoa over time

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% of total income or consumption. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Income share held by the richest 10% (% of total income or consumption), 2002 to 2013
Period Samoa
2013 31.3%
2008 34.0%
2002 32.5%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 34.0% in 2008, a change of −2.7 percentage points.
  • Since 2002, when it was 32.5%, the figure has changed by −1.2 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SI.DST.10TH.10 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2002 to 2013 for Samoa
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform