Samoa: Poverty at 1.90 USD per day

The latest value from 2013 is 1.2 percent, an increase from 1.1 percent in 2008. In comparison, the world average is 3.87 percent, based on data from 74 countries. Historically, the average for Samoa from 2002 to 2013 is 1.5 percent. The minimum value, 1.1 percent, was reached in 2008 while the maximum of 2.2 percent was recorded in 2002. See the global rankings or world map for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.

Definition: Poverty headcount ratio at $2.15 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $2.15 a day at 2017 purchasing power adjusted prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.