Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Samoa

Samoa: Regulatory Quality - Governance score was 53.26 0-100 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
53.26 0-100
Change on year
up 2.1%
World rank
104th
of 205 countries
All-time high
58.62 0-100
in 2005
All-time low
51.79 0-100
in 2022
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Samoa, 1996–2024

02040601996201020241996: 56.6 0-1001998: 57 0-1002000: 57.1 0-1002002: 57.2 0-1002003: 57.2 0-1002004: 53.8 0-1002005: 58.6 0-1002006: 55.9 0-1002007: 55.9 0-1002008: 52.6 0-1002009: 54.5 0-1002010: 54.5 0-1002011: 53.3 0-1002012: 53.3 0-1002013: 54.9 0-1002014: 54.3 0-1002015: 55.6 0-1002016: 56.1 0-1002017: 56.1 0-1002018: 56.2 0-1002019: 54.9 0-1002020: 53.6 0-1002021: 52.2 0-1002022: 51.8 0-1002023: 52.2 0-1002024: 53.3 0-100

Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.

Analysis

Samoa recorded 53.26 0-100 for regulatory quality - governance score in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.1% on the previous year and down 1.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, regulatory quality - governance score in Samoa peaked at 58.62 0-100 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 51.79 0-100, in 2022.

That places Samoa 104th out of 205 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.

Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Samoa, year by year

Annual values for Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) in Samoa, 1996 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 56.64 0-100
1998 56.99 0-100 +0.6%
2000 57.09 0-100 +0.2%
2002 57.23 0-100 +0.3%
2003 57.24 0-100 +0.0%
2004 53.8 0-100 -6.0%
2005 58.62 0-100 +9.0%
2006 55.88 0-100 -4.7%
2007 55.92 0-100 +0.1%
2008 52.59 0-100 -6.0%
2009 54.53 0-100 +3.7%
2010 54.46 0-100 -0.1%
2011 53.34 0-100 -2.0%
2012 53.28 0-100 -0.1%
2013 54.94 0-100 +3.1%
2014 54.29 0-100 -1.2%
2015 55.6 0-100 +2.4%
2016 56.13 0-100 +1.0%
2017 56.15 0-100 +0.0%
2018 56.16 0-100 +0.0%
2019 54.92 0-100 -2.2%
2020 53.64 0-100 -2.3%
2021 52.2 0-100 -2.7%
2022 51.79 0-100 -0.8%
2023 52.19 0-100 +0.8%
2024 53.26 0-100 +2.1%

Samoa compared with similar countries

  • Samoa's 53.26 0-100 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 53.26 0-100, 1.0× the median. (59 countries reporting)
  • Samoa's 53.26 0-100 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 53.74 0-100, 99% of the median. (34 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 56.82 0-100 56.64 0-100 56.99 0-100 2
2000s 55.88 0-100 52.59 0-100 58.62 0-100 9
2010s 54.93 0-100 53.28 0-100 56.16 0-100 10
2020s 52.61 0-100 51.79 0-100 53.64 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Samoa

  1. 101 Ghana 53.45 0-100 compare
  2. 102 Bhutan 53.42 0-100 compare
  3. 103 India 53.35 0-100 compare
  4. 105 Bahamas 53.17 0-100 compare
  5. 106 Paraguay 52.64 0-100 compare
  6. 107 Cote d'Ivoire 52.23 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is regulatory quality - governance score in Samoa?
Regulatory quality - governance score in Samoa was 53.26 0-100 in 2024, according to The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG).
What is the highest regulatory quality - governance score recorded in Samoa?
The highest recorded value was 58.62 0-100 in 2005.
What is the lowest regulatory quality - governance score recorded in Samoa?
The lowest recorded value was 51.79 0-100 in 2022.
How does Samoa rank for regulatory quality - governance score?
Samoa ranks 104th out of 205 countries with data for 2024.
Is regulatory quality - governance score rising or falling in Samoa?
Over the last ten years it is down 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Samoa data come from?
The figures come from The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG), published as part of Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100)
Unit
0-100
Source
The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
205 places, 5,160 data points, 1996–2024
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Regulatory Quality (RQ) captures perceptions of the government’s ability to design and implement policies and regulations that promote private sector development. Governance score is a linear transformation of the governance estimate using hypothetical worst-case and base-case countries. It is an absolute score ranging from 0-100. Larger values correspond to better governance. The (country-series-time) metadata include the (a) number of sources, and (b) confidence intervals (lower and upper bound). The number of sources indicates the number of underlying data sources on which the governance score (respectively the underlying governance estimate) is based. The confidence intervals include the lower and upper bound of the 90% confidence interval for the governance score. Confidence intervals are a statistical range of values that likely contain the true value (of what is being estimated).