buys in the United States, at purchasing power parity
And $100 in the United States buys what $63.02 buys in Samoa. Prices across Samoa's economy average 63% of the United States', so a dollar goes 59% further in Samoa.
World Bank figures for 2025 unless another year is shown
Measure
Samoa
United States
Economy
Population
219,306
341.8 million
GDPUS dollars, market exchange rates
$1.29 billion
$30.8 trillion
GDP per personUS dollars
$5,873
$90,027
GDP per person at PPPInternational dollars
$9,319
$90,027
Prices
Price levelUS prices = 100%
63%
100%
A US dollar goes as far as
$1.59 in the US
$1.00 in the US
Income
Median income or consumptionPer person, international dollars
$8.38 a day2013 survey · $3,059 a year · consumption
$72.07 a day2024 survey · $26,306 a year · income
More figures: GDP at PPP, conversion factor and GNI▾
Gross national income is what residents earn, at home and abroad
Measure
Samoa
United States
GDP at PPPInternational dollars
$2.04 billion
$30.8 trillion
PPP conversion factorLocal currency per international dollar
1.754Samoan tala
1.000U.S. dollar
GNI per person, Atlas methodUS dollars
$5,640
$88,810
GNI per person at PPPInternational dollars
$9,300
$89,490
World Bank income groups: Samoa, upper middle income; United States, high income.
GDP per person at PPP· 2000 to 2025, in constant 2021 international dollarsAdjusted for inflation, so recent years read lower than the current-dollar figures above.