Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in American Samoa
American Samoa: Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) was 70.14 0-100 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Government Effectiveness - Governance score in American Samoa, 2004–2025
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
American Samoa recorded 70.14 0-100 for government effectiveness - governance score in 2025. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.7% on the previous year and up 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in American Samoa peaked at 70.14 0-100 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 45.57 0-100, in 2006.
That places American Samoa 45th out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in American Samoa, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 50.32 0-100 | — |
| 2005 | 45.59 0-100 | -9.4% |
| 2006 | 45.57 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 56.23 0-100 | +23.4% |
| 2008 | 56.71 0-100 | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 56.76 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 56.78 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 56.75 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 56.76 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 56.75 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 67.76 0-100 | +19.4% |
| 2015 | 67.74 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 67.77 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 67.75 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 67.78 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 67.84 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 67.62 0-100 | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 67.65 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 67.65 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 67.65 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 67.65 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 70.14 0-100 | +3.7% |
American Samoa compared with similar countries
- American Samoa's 70.14 0-100 is below the median for high income countries, which is 73.88 0-100, 95% of the median. (74 countries reporting)
- American Samoa's 70.14 0-100 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 56.14 0-100, 1.2× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 51.86 0-100 | 45.57 0-100 | 56.76 0-100 | 6 |
| 2010s | 63.37 0-100 | 56.75 0-100 | 67.84 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 68.06 0-100 | 67.62 0-100 | 70.14 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near American Samoa
More reference data data for American Samoa
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Burning - Crop 0.0005 (2050)
- Summer temperature anomalies -0.1017 (2026)
- Autumn temperature anomalies 0.015 (2026)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Burning - Crop residues 0 (2050)
- Spring temperature anomalies 0.1942 (2026)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0005 (2050)
- Country level monthly temperature anomalies 0.0944 (2026)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0023 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Burning - Crop 0.0018 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0018 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - governance score in American Samoa?
- Government effectiveness - governance score in American Samoa was 70.14 0-100 in 2025, according to The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG).
- What is the highest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in American Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 70.14 0-100 in 2025.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in American Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 45.57 0-100 in 2006.
- How does American Samoa rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
- American Samoa ranks 45th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in American Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this American Samoa data come from?
- The figures come from The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG), published as part of Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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 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).