Households

Statistics about households come from a whole range of sources including Household Income and Expenditure Surveys and Population and Housing Censuses and include things such as:

Size (number of people)
Type
Income and spending of households
Subsistence activities
Access to technology (mobile phones, internet)

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Cash and calories: Palau survey details household incomes, spending priorities, diet challenges

September 29, 2025

How Palauan households earn, spend and eat: A survey release sheds light on a diet heavy in rice, employment-driven incomes, and challenges with health and inequality, among other themes.

Kiribati Power of Data | Landmark statistics launch to drive Kiribati’s development in Pacific-first project

Statistics launched by Kiribati and Pacific partners this week provide the most comprehensive picture ever of how I Kiribati live, work, and should navigate a changing future.

Kiribati Power of Data | Statistics show how I-Kiribati live, eat and earn

Growing food and incomes: Kiribati survey results shared today show average daily income at $12, nearly half of household spending going to food, and 15% of rural diets grown or reared at home.

Fewer people, higher incomes: Marshall Islands shares in-depth census results with partner support

January 27, 2025

The Marshall Islands’ first fully digital census shows a declining population but increasing incomes over the past decade, while highlighting differences in wealth, food insecurity, readiness for climate change and the impact of natural disasters.

Topic Dataflows

PDH.stat datasets

.statHousehold counts, population and average household size
Household counts, population and average household size down to sub-national level 1 (when available) based on reported figures from census.

Key Reports

pdfSamoa monetary poverty assessment 2023
PDF | 2.89 MB | Disclaimer

pdfSamoa Multidimensional Poverty Index 2023
PDF | 3.62 MB | Disclaimer

pdfReal-Time Welfare and Poverty data Monitoring System
PDF | 948.93 KB | Anon.

pdfMethodological review for Anonymizing Census and Survey Microdata in the Context of Small Island Developing States
PDF | 1.56 MB | Wolfgang Hertel