Philippines vs Samoa: Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5)
Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5) over time
- Philippines
- Samoa
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 0.2026 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against 0.1947 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Philippines, a difference of 0.0079 approx. -2.5 to +2.5.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Philippines ahead.
Philippines ranks 90th and Samoa ranks 88th of 206 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Philippines averaged higher in 1 and Samoa in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Philippines | Samoa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -0.0936 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -0.3204 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.2268 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Philippines |
| 2000s | -0.1485 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | -0.1292 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.0193 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Samoa |
| 2010s | 0.239 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.4232 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.1841 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Samoa |
| 2020s | 0.0923 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.3654 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.273 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Samoa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher government effectiveness - governance estimate, Philippines or Samoa?
- Samoa, at 0.2026 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against 0.1947 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Philippines as of 2025.
- What is the difference in government effectiveness - governance estimate between Philippines and Samoa?
- 0.0079 approx. -2.5 to +2.5, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Philippines and Samoa?
- 27 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2025.
- How do Philippines and Samoa rank globally for government effectiveness - governance estimate?
- Philippines ranks 90th and Samoa ranks 88th of 206 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG), published as Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Government Effectiveness (GE) captures perceptions of the quality of public services, the civil service, policy formulation and implementation, and the credibility of a government’s decisions. Governance estimate from the aggregation model, in units of a standard normal distribution, i.e. ranging from approximately -2.5 to 2.5. Larger values correspond to better governance. The (country-series-time) metadata include the (a) number of sources, and (b) standard error. The number of sources indicates the number of underlying data sources on which the governance estimate is based. The standard error indicates the precision of the governance estimate. Larger values indicate less precise estimates. A 90% confidence interval for the governance estimate is given by the estimate +/- 1.64 times the standard error.