Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Samoa
Samoa: Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) was 56.49 0-100 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Samoa, 1996–2025
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 56.49 0-100, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.2% on the previous year and down 13.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Samoa peaked at 69.35 0-100 in 2018 and was at its lowest, 45.63 0-100, in 2000.
Samoa ranks 88th of 206 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Samoa, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 45.92 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 45.65 0-100 | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 45.63 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 45.77 0-100 | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 45.69 0-100 | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 46.03 0-100 | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 54.25 0-100 | +17.9% |
| 2006 | 52.73 0-100 | -2.8% |
| 2007 | 52.31 0-100 | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 52.64 0-100 | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 52.22 0-100 | -0.8% |
| 2010 | 51.27 0-100 | -1.8% |
| 2011 | 51.68 0-100 | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 51.68 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 52.89 0-100 | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 65.01 0-100 | +22.9% |
| 2015 | 65 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 69.34 0-100 | +6.7% |
| 2017 | 69.33 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 69.35 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 64.49 0-100 | -7.0% |
| 2020 | 62.83 0-100 | -2.6% |
| 2021 | 62.85 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 56.28 0-100 | -10.5% |
| 2023 | 60.24 0-100 | +7.0% |
| 2024 | 60.24 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 56.49 0-100 | -6.2% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 56.49 0-100 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 51.87 0-100, 1.1× the median. (59 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 56.49 0-100 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 56.14 0-100, 1.0× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 45.79 0-100 | 45.65 0-100 | 45.92 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 49.7 0-100 | 45.63 0-100 | 54.25 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 61 0-100 | 51.27 0-100 | 69.35 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 59.82 0-100 | 56.28 0-100 | 62.85 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
- 85 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 56.89 0-100 compare
- 86 Panama 56.78 0-100 compare
- 87 Moldova 56.73 0-100 compare
- 89 North Macedonia 56.37 0-100 compare
- 90 Philippines 56.33 0-100 compare
- 91 Jamaica 56.21 0-100 compare
More reference data data for Samoa
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.023 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0165 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0396 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0396 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.077 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0626 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0918 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.2319 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Burning - Crop residues 0 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.1693 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - governance score in Samoa?
- Government effectiveness - governance score in Samoa was 56.49 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 Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 69.35 0-100 in 2018.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 45.63 0-100 in 2000.
- How does Samoa rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
- Samoa ranks 88th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.1%. 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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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).