Samoa vs Vanuatu: Foreign aid received per capita

Samoa

534.55 constant 2024 US$

in 2024

Vanuatu

497.21 constant 2024 US$

in 2024

Samoa rank

24th

Vanuatu rank

26th

Foreign aid received per capita over time

Samoa
Vanuatu

How they compare

Samoa currently reports 534.55 constant 2024 US$ against 497.21 constant 2024 US$ in Vanuatu, a difference of 37.33 constant 2024 US$.

That makes Samoa's figure about 1.1 times Vanuatu's.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Vanuatu ahead.

Samoa ranks 24th and Vanuatu ranks 26th of 178 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Foreign aid received per capita
Unit: constant 2024 US$
Source: OECD (2026); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 178 places, 9,465 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Official development assistance (ODA) divided by population. Monetary aid is estimated as net disbursements. This data is expressed in US dollars. It is adjusted for inflation.