Government Effectiveness: Upper bound of the 90% confidence in American Samoa
American Samoa: Government Effectiveness: Upper bound of the 90% confidence was 83.4% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Government Effectiveness - Upper bound of the 90% confidence interval in American Samoa, 2004–2025
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
American Samoa recorded 83.4% for government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval in 2025. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval in American Samoa peaked at 83.4% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 61.0%, in 2006.
That places American Samoa 35th 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: Upper bound of the 90% confidence in American Samoa, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 65.8% | — |
| 2005 | 61.0% | -7.2% |
| 2006 | 61.0% | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 71.7% | +17.5% |
| 2008 | 72.2% | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 72.2% | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 72.2% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 72.2% | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 72.2% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 72.2% | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 83.2% | +15.3% |
| 2015 | 83.2% | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 83.2% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 83.2% | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 83.2% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 83.3% | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 83.1% | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 83.1% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 83.1% | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 83.1% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 83.1% | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 83.4% | +0.4% |
American Samoa compared with similar countries
- American Samoa's 83.4% is above the median for high income countries, which is 82.9%, 1.0× the median. (74 countries reporting)
- American Samoa's 83.4% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 64.9%, 1.3× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 67.3% | 61.0% | 72.2% | 6 |
| 2010s | 78.8% | 72.2% | 83.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 83.2% | 83.1% | 83.4% | 6 |
Countries ranked near American Samoa
- 32 United States 84.7% compare
- 33 Cayman Islands 84.5% compare
- 34 France 84.5% compare
- 36 San Marino 83.4% compare
- 37 United Arab Emirates 82.9% compare
- 38 Spain 82.8% compare
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 - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval in American Samoa?
- Government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval in American Samoa was 83.4% in 2025, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in American Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 83.4% in 2025.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in American Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 61.0% in 2006.
- How does American Samoa rank for government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval?
- American Samoa ranks 35th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval rising or falling in American Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.3%. 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 - Upper bound of the 90% confidence interval for the governance score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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