Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) in Samoa
49.4% of people in Samoa lived on less than $8.30 a day in 2013.
The latest value for Samoa is for 2013. Most countries have figures for 2021.
Samoa, 2013
49.4%
Change from 2008
−0.2percentage points
World, 2013
55.8%
Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 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 | – | 46.2% |
| 2023 | – | 47.1% |
| 2022 | – | 48.3% |
| 2021 | – | 48.7% |
| 2020 | – | 50.4% |
| 2018 | – | 50.4% |
| 2017 | – | 51.5% |
| 2016 | – | 52.4% |
| 2015 | – | 53.5% |
| 2014 | – | 54.7% |
| 2013 | 49.4% | 55.8% |
| 2012 | – | 57.5% |
| 2011 | – | 58.8% |
| 2010 | – | 60.2% |
| 2009 | – | 61.7% |
| 2008 | 49.6% | 62.5% |
| 2007 | – | 63.6% |
| 2006 | – | 65.0% |
| 2005 | – | 66.2% |
| 2004 | – | 67.4% |
| 2003 | – | 68.7% |
| 2002 | 51.8% | 69.3% |
| 2001 | – | 70.0% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 49.6% in 2008, a change of −0.2 percentage points.
- Since 2002, when it was 51.8%, the figure has changed by −2.4 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2013 was 55.8%.