Guam vs Samoa: Rule of Law - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5)
Rule of Law - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5) over time
- Guam
- Samoa
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 1.06 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against 0.9763 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Guam, a difference of 0.0837 approx. -2.5 to +2.5.
That makes Samoa's figure about 1.1 times Guam's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 22 shared years of data; in 2004 it was Guam ahead.
Guam ranks 35th and Samoa ranks 33rd of 208 countries.
Guam has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guam | Samoa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.9977 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.902 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.0957 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Guam |
| 2010s | 1.23 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.9572 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.2731 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Guam |
| 2020s | 1.1 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 1.1 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | 0.0016 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 | Guam |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rule of law - governance estimate, Guam or Samoa?
- Samoa, at 1.06 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against 0.9763 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Guam as of 2025.
- What is the difference in rule of law - governance estimate between Guam and Samoa?
- 0.0837 approx. -2.5 to +2.5, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guam and Samoa?
- 22 years are reported by both, from 2004 to 2025.
- How do Guam and Samoa rank globally for rule of law - governance estimate?
- Guam ranks 35th and Samoa ranks 33rd of 208 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 Rule of Law - 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
Rule of Law (RL) captures perceptions of the extent to which agents respect and follow the rules of society, including contract enforcement, property rights, the police, courts, and the likelihood of crime and violence. 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.