Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Samoa
Samoa: Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants was 1.0% in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Samoa, 2000–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Samoa recorded 1.0% for share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.9% on the previous year and down 58.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Samoa peaked at 3.7% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2000.
Samoa ranks 34th of 149 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Samoa, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.1% | — |
| 2001 | 0.3% | +92.9% |
| 2002 | 1.7% | +518.5% |
| 2003 | 1.0% | -40.7% |
| 2004 | 0.5% | -51.5% |
| 2005 | 0.5% | -4.2% |
| 2006 | 1.0% | +121.7% |
| 2007 | 0.5% | -51.0% |
| 2008 | 1.7% | +244.0% |
| 2009 | 1.9% | +12.2% |
| 2010 | 3.2% | +65.3% |
| 2011 | 3.7% | +15.0% |
| 2012 | 2.3% | -36.8% |
| 2013 | 1.9% | -19.8% |
| 2014 | 2.4% | +28.5% |
| 2015 | 2.7% | +14.6% |
| 2016 | 1.8% | -34.7% |
| 2017 | 1.8% | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 2.9% | +60.6% |
| 2019 | 1.4% | -52.6% |
| 2020 | 1.5% | +10.2% |
| 2021 | 1.3% | -13.2% |
| 2022 | 0.9% | -29.8% |
| 2023 | 1.0% | +12.0% |
| 2024 | 1.0% | -3.9% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 1.0% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0%, 39.6× the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 1.0% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.5%, 2.0× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Samoa changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +518.5% | 0.3% | 1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.9% | 0.1% | 1.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.4% | 1.4% | 3.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.2% | 0.9% | 1.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
More poverty & inequality data for Samoa
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 0 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 3.83 live births per woman (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 26.42 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 26.4% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 3.19 % change on previous year (2023)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via -100 % change on previous year (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.416 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Samoa?
- Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Samoa was 1.0% in 2024, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 3.7% in 2011.
- What is the lowest share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2000.
- How does Samoa rank for share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants?
- Samoa ranks 34th out of 149 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 58.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Samoa data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by recipient countries (percentage of GNI).