American Samoa vs Costa Rica: Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100)
Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) over time
- American Samoa
- Costa Rica
How they compare
American Samoa currently reports 76.79 0-100 against 76.76 0-100 in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.03 0-100.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 20 shared years of data; in 2004 it was Costa Rica ahead.
American Samoa ranks 36th and Costa Rica ranks 37th of 208 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | American Samoa | Costa Rica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 71.58 0-100 | 76.55 0-100 | 4.97 0-100 | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 77.23 0-100 | 78.21 0-100 | 0.9768 0-100 | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 76.95 0-100 | 78.13 0-100 | 1.18 0-100 | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher voice and accountability - governance score, American Samoa or Costa Rica?
- American Samoa, at 76.79 0-100 against 76.76 0-100 in Costa Rica as of 2024.
- What is the difference in voice and accountability - governance score between American Samoa and Costa Rica?
- 0.03 0-100, with American Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for American Samoa and Costa Rica?
- 20 years are reported by both, from 2004 to 2024.
- How do American Samoa and Costa Rica rank globally for voice and accountability - governance score?
- American Samoa ranks 36th and Costa Rica ranks 37th 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 Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Voice and Accountability (VA) captures perceptions of the extent to which citizens can participate in selecting their government including electoral integrity, and of accountability mechanisms for citizens—reflected in the ability to access information, governmental oversight bodies, and a robust traditional/digital media landscape. Governance score is a linear transformation of the governance estimate using hypothetical worst-case and base-case countries. It is an absolute score ranging from 0-100. Larger values correspond to better governance. The (country-series-time) metadata include the (a) number of sources, and (b) confidence intervals (lower and upper bound). The number of sources indicates the number of underlying data sources on which the governance score (respectively the underlying governance estimate) is based. The confidence intervals include the lower and upper bound of the 90% confidence interval for the governance score. Confidence intervals are a statistical range of values that likely contain the true value (of what is being estimated).