Extreme poverty rate in Samoa
4.5% of people in Samoa lived on less than $3.00 a day in 2013.
The latest value for Samoa is for 2013. Most countries have figures for 2021.
Samoa, 2013
4.5%
Change from 2008
+0.8percentage points
World, 2013
15.5%
Extreme poverty rate in Samoa over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Samoa | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | 10.1% |
| 2023 | – | 10.5% |
| 2022 | – | 10.9% |
| 2021 | – | 11.3% |
| 2020 | – | 11.4% |
| 2018 | – | 11.1% |
| 2017 | – | 11.8% |
| 2016 | – | 12.6% |
| 2015 | – | 13.4% |
| 2014 | – | 14.5% |
| 2013 | 4.5% | 15.5% |
| 2012 | – | 17.8% |
| 2011 | – | 19.1% |
| 2010 | – | 21.0% |
| 2009 | – | 23.1% |
| 2008 | 3.7% | 24.1% |
| 2007 | – | 25.3% |
| 2006 | – | 27.0% |
| 2005 | – | 28.3% |
| 2004 | – | 30.3% |
| 2003 | – | 32.2% |
| 2002 | 5.9% | 33.7% |
| 2001 | – | 35.3% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 3.7% in 2008, a change of +0.8 percentage points.
- Since 2002, when it was 5.9%, the figure has changed by −1.4 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2013 was 15.5%.
More for Samoa
All statistics for Samoa
Poverty rate at national poverty lines
21.9%
2018 · World Bank
Prevalence of undernourishment
3.4%
2024 · World Bank
Gini index
38.7 (0 to 100)
2013 · World Bank
Income share held by the richest 10%
31.3%
2013 · World Bank
Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP)
11.5%
2013 · World Bank
Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP)
49.4%
2013 · World Bank