Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence in Samoa
Samoa: Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence was 45.1% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Government Effectiveness - Lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Samoa, 1996–2025
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2025, government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Samoa stood at 45.1%.
That represents a change of down 7.7% on the previous year and down 15.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Samoa peaked at 56.5% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 30.2%, in 2000.
Samoa ranks 103rd 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: Lower bound of the 90% confidence in Samoa, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 30.5% | — |
| 1998 | 30.2% | -0.9% |
| 2000 | 30.2% | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 30.3% | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 30.2% | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 30.6% | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 41.4% | +35.4% |
| 2006 | 39.9% | -3.7% |
| 2007 | 39.5% | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 39.8% | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 40.7% | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 39.7% | -2.3% |
| 2011 | 40.1% | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 40.1% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 41.3% | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 53.4% | +29.3% |
| 2015 | 53.4% | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 56.5% | +5.7% |
| 2017 | 56.5% | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 56.5% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 51.6% | -8.6% |
| 2020 | 50.0% | -3.2% |
| 2021 | 50.0% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 44.7% | -10.5% |
| 2023 | 48.9% | +9.2% |
| 2024 | 48.9% | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 45.1% | -7.7% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 45.1% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 43.9%, 1.0× the median. (59 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 45.1% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 46.9%, 96% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence in 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +35.4% | 30.6% | 41.4% |
| 2014 | +29.3% | 41.3% | 53.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 30.3% | 30.2% | 30.5% | 2 |
| 2000s | 35.8% | 30.2% | 41.4% | 9 |
| 2010s | 48.9% | 39.7% | 56.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 47.9% | 44.7% | 50.0% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
- 100 Dominican Republic 45.4% compare
- 101 Serbia 45.4% compare
- 102 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 45.3% compare
- 104 South Africa 45.0% compare
- 105 Kenya 44.5% compare
- 106 Brazil 44.2% 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 - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Samoa?
- Government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Samoa was 45.1% in 2025, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 56.5% in 2018.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 30.2% in 2000.
- How does Samoa rank for government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval?
- Samoa ranks 103rd out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this 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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