Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Samoa

21.9% of people in Samoa lived below the national poverty line in 2018.

Measure: Poverty rate at national poverty lines Unit: % of population Data: 2002 to 2018 Source: World Bank
The latest value for Samoa is for 2018. Most countries have figures for 2021.
Samoa, 2018 21.9% % of population
Change from 2013 +3.1percentage points 2013: 18.8%

Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Samoa over time

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

Poverty rate at national poverty lines (% of population), 2002 to 2018
Period Samoa
2018 21.9%
2013 18.8%
2008 26.9%
2002 22.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 18.8% in 2013, a change of +3.1 percentage points.
  • Since 2002, when it was 22.9%, the figure has changed by −1.0 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform, from national sources
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SI.POV.NAHC · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2002 to 2018 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, from national sources