Government Effectiveness: Upper bound of the 90% confidence in Samoa
Samoa: Government Effectiveness: Upper bound of the 90% confidence was 67.9% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
67.9%
Change on year
down 5.2%
World rank
75th
of 206 countries
All-time high
82.2%
in 2018
All-time low
61.1%
in 2000
Years of data
27
1996–2025
Government Effectiveness - Upper bound of the 90% confidence interval in Samoa, 1996–2025
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2025, government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval in Samoa stood at 67.9%.
That represents a change of down 5.2% on the previous year and down 11.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval in Samoa peaked at 82.2% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 61.1%, in 2000.
That places Samoa 75th out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Government Effectiveness: Upper bound of the 90% confidence in Samoa, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 61.4% | — |
| 1998 | 61.1% | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 61.1% | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 61.2% | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 61.1% | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 61.5% | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 67.1% | +9.2% |
| 2006 | 65.6% | -2.3% |
| 2007 | 65.2% | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 65.5% | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 63.8% | -2.6% |
| 2010 | 62.8% | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 63.2% | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 63.2% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 64.5% | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 76.6% | +18.8% |
| 2015 | 76.6% | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 82.2% | +7.4% |
| 2017 | 82.2% | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 82.2% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 77.3% | -5.9% |
| 2020 | 75.7% | -2.1% |
| 2021 | 75.7% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 67.8% | -10.4% |
| 2023 | 71.6% | +5.6% |
| 2024 | 71.6% | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 67.9% | -5.2% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 67.9% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 60.7%, 1.1× the median. (59 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 67.9% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 64.9%, 1.0× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 61.2% | 61.1% | 61.4% | 2 |
| 2000s | 63.6% | 61.1% | 67.1% | 9 |
| 2010s | 73.1% | 62.8% | 82.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 71.7% | 67.8% | 75.7% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
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 - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval in Samoa?
- Government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval in Samoa was 67.9% in 2025, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 82.2% in 2018.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 61.1% in 2000.
- How does Samoa rank for government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval?
- Samoa ranks 75th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.3%. 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 - Upper bound of the 90% confidence interval for the governance score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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