Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Samoa

Samoa: Government Effectiveness - Governance score was 59.79 0-100 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
59.79 0-100
Change on year
up 0.5%
World rank
66th
of 205 countries
All-time high
67.41 0-100
in 2018
All-time low
45.66 0-100
in 2003
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Samoa, 1996–2024

02040601996201020241996: 46 0-1001998: 45.8 0-1002000: 45.9 0-1002002: 45.9 0-1002003: 45.7 0-1002004: 46 0-1002005: 52.9 0-1002006: 51.5 0-1002007: 51.2 0-1002008: 51.2 0-1002009: 51 0-1002010: 50.2 0-1002011: 50.5 0-1002012: 50.5 0-1002013: 51.7 0-1002014: 63.6 0-1002015: 63.6 0-1002016: 67.4 0-1002017: 67.4 0-1002018: 67.4 0-1002019: 62.7 0-1002020: 61.3 0-1002021: 61.3 0-1002022: 55.6 0-1002023: 59.5 0-1002024: 59.8 0-100

Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.

Analysis

The most recent figure for government effectiveness - governance score in Samoa is 59.79 0-100, measured in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and down 6.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Samoa peaked at 67.41 0-100 in 2018 and was at its lowest, 45.66 0-100, in 2003.

Samoa ranks 66th of 205 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Samoa, year by year

Annual values for Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) in Samoa, 1996 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 46.02 0-100
1998 45.85 0-100 -0.4%
2000 45.91 0-100 +0.1%
2002 45.91 0-100 +0.0%
2003 45.66 0-100 -0.5%
2004 46.03 0-100 +0.8%
2005 52.91 0-100 +15.0%
2006 51.5 0-100 -2.7%
2007 51.17 0-100 -0.6%
2008 51.22 0-100 +0.1%
2009 50.98 0-100 -0.5%
2010 50.17 0-100 -1.6%
2011 50.52 0-100 +0.7%
2012 50.52 0-100 +0.0%
2013 51.67 0-100 +2.3%
2014 63.59 0-100 +23.1%
2015 63.55 0-100 -0.1%
2016 67.39 0-100 +6.0%
2017 67.39 0-100 +0.0%
2018 67.41 0-100 +0.0%
2019 62.71 0-100 -7.0%
2020 61.26 0-100 -2.3%
2021 61.3 0-100 +0.1%
2022 55.58 0-100 -9.3%
2023 59.5 0-100 +7.0%
2024 59.79 0-100 +0.5%

Samoa compared with similar countries

  • Samoa's 59.79 0-100 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 49.55 0-100, 1.2× the median. (59 countries reporting)
  • Samoa's 59.79 0-100 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 52.84 0-100, 1.1× the median. (34 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 45.94 0-100 45.85 0-100 46.02 0-100 2
2000s 49.03 0-100 45.66 0-100 52.91 0-100 9
2010s 59.49 0-100 50.17 0-100 67.41 0-100 10
2020s 59.49 0-100 55.58 0-100 61.3 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Samoa

  1. 63 Oman 62.38 0-100 compare
  2. 64 Hungary 61.1 0-100 compare
  3. 65 Georgia 60.21 0-100 compare
  4. 67 Antigua and Barbuda 59.7 0-100 compare
  5. 68 Romania 59.47 0-100 compare
  6. 69 Botswana 59.45 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is government effectiveness - governance score in Samoa?
Government effectiveness - governance score in Samoa was 59.79 0-100 in 2024, 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 Samoa?
The highest recorded value was 67.41 0-100 in 2018.
What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Samoa?
The lowest recorded value was 45.66 0-100 in 2003.
How does Samoa rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
Samoa ranks 66th out of 205 countries with data for 2024.
Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Samoa?
Over the last ten years it is down 6.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this 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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Indicator
Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100)
Unit
0-100
Source
The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
205 places, 5,161 data points, 1996–2024
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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).