Samoa poverty rate for 2013 was 49.40%, a 0.2% decline from 2008.
Samoa poverty rate for 2008 was 49.60%, a 2.2% decline from 2002.
Samoa poverty rate for 2002 was 51.80%, a 51.8% increase from .
Samoa poverty rate for was 0.00%, a 0% increase from .
Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international 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. The full historical dataset is available for download here: Samoa Poverty Rate | Historical Data | 2002 - 2013.