Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence in American Samoa
American Samoa: Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence was 56.8% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Government Effectiveness - Lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in American Samoa, 2004–2025
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
American Samoa recorded 56.8% for government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in 2025. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.9% on the previous year and up 8.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in American Samoa peaked at 56.8% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 30.1%, in 2006.
American Samoa ranks 57th of 206 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence in American Samoa, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 34.9% | — |
| 2005 | 30.1% | -13.6% |
| 2006 | 30.1% | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 40.8% | +35.4% |
| 2008 | 41.3% | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 41.3% | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 41.3% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 41.3% | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 41.3% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 41.3% | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 52.3% | +26.7% |
| 2015 | 52.3% | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 52.3% | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 52.3% | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 52.3% | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 52.4% | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 52.2% | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 52.2% | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 52.2% | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 52.2% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 52.2% | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 56.8% | +8.9% |
American Samoa compared with similar countries
- American Samoa's 56.8% is below the median for high income countries, which is 65.0%, 87% of the median. (74 countries reporting)
- American Samoa's 56.8% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 46.9%, 1.2× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence in American Samoa changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | +35.4% | 30.1% | 40.8% |
| 2014 | +26.7% | 41.3% | 52.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 36.4% | 30.1% | 41.3% | 6 |
| 2010s | 47.9% | 41.3% | 52.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 53.0% | 52.2% | 56.8% | 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 - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in American Samoa?
- Government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in American Samoa was 56.8% in 2025, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in American Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 56.8% in 2025.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in American Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 30.1% in 2006.
- How does American Samoa rank for government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval?
- American Samoa ranks 57th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval rising or falling in American Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this American Samoa data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Government Effectiveness - Lower bound of the 90% confidence interval for the governance score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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