Political Stability - Standard error of the governance estimate in Samoa
Samoa: Political Stability - Standard error of the governance estimate was 0.284 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Latest (2025)
0.284
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
25th
of 208 countries
All-time high
0.3752
in 1996
All-time low
0.284
in 2023
Years of data
27
1996–2025
Political Stability - Standard error of the governance estimate in Samoa, 1996–2025
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2025, political stability - standard error of the governance estimate in Samoa stood at 0.284. That is the lowest value across all 27 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 9.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, political stability - standard error of the governance estimate in Samoa peaked at 0.3752 in 1996 and was at its lowest, 0.284, in 2023.
That places Samoa 25th out of 208 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
Political Stability - Standard error of the governance estimate in Samoa, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 0.3752 | — |
| 1998 | 0.3752 | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.3752 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.3752 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.3752 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.3138 | -16.4% |
| 2005 | 0.3138 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.3138 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.3138 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.3138 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.3138 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.3138 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.3138 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.3138 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.3138 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.3138 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.3138 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.3138 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.3138 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.2861 | -8.8% |
| 2019 | 0.2861 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.2861 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.2861 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.2861 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.284 | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 0.284 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 0.284 | +0.0% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 0.284 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.2497, 1.1× the median. (59 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 0.284 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.2657, 1.1× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.3752 | 0.3752 | 0.3752 | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.3343 | 0.3138 | 0.3752 | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.3083 | 0.2861 | 0.3138 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.285 | 0.284 | 0.2861 | 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 political stability - standard error of the governance estimate in Samoa?
- Political stability - standard error of the governance estimate in Samoa was 0.284 in 2025, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest political stability - standard error of the governance estimate recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3752 in 1996.
- What is the lowest political stability - standard error of the governance estimate recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.284 in 2023.
- How does Samoa rank for political stability - standard error of the governance estimate?
- Samoa ranks 25th out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
- Is political stability - standard error of the governance estimate rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Samoa data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Political Stability - Standard error of the governance estimate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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