Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) in Samoa
Samoa: Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) was 74.53 0-100 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Voice and Accountability - Governance score in Samoa, 1996–2025
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
Samoa recorded 74.53 0-100 for voice and accountability - governance score in 2025.
The figure is down 1.0% on the previous year and up 12.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, voice and accountability - governance score in Samoa peaked at 78.72 0-100 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 65.85 0-100, in 2012.
Samoa ranks 45th of 208 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100) in Samoa, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 70.48 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 68.07 0-100 | -3.4% |
| 2000 | 71.33 0-100 | +4.8% |
| 2002 | 69.71 0-100 | -2.3% |
| 2003 | 69.83 0-100 | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 69.42 0-100 | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 71.94 0-100 | +3.6% |
| 2006 | 70.67 0-100 | -1.8% |
| 2007 | 69.66 0-100 | -1.4% |
| 2008 | 68.62 0-100 | -1.5% |
| 2009 | 68.11 0-100 | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 66.83 0-100 | -1.9% |
| 2011 | 66.59 0-100 | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 65.85 0-100 | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 66.1 0-100 | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 65.95 0-100 | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 66.3 0-100 | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 67.01 0-100 | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 66.96 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 73.48 0-100 | +9.7% |
| 2019 | 74.78 0-100 | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 75.45 0-100 | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 72.67 0-100 | -3.7% |
| 2022 | 78.72 0-100 | +8.3% |
| 2023 | 78.36 0-100 | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 75.26 0-100 | -4.0% |
| 2025 | 74.53 0-100 | -1.0% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 74.53 0-100 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 56.73 0-100, 1.3× the median. (59 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 74.53 0-100 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 63.85 0-100, 1.2× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 69.28 0-100 | 68.07 0-100 | 70.48 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 69.92 0-100 | 68.11 0-100 | 71.94 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 67.99 0-100 | 65.85 0-100 | 74.78 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 75.83 0-100 | 72.67 0-100 | 78.72 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
- 42 Malta 75.7 0-100 compare
- 43 Monaco 74.93 0-100 compare
- 44 Marshall Islands 74.65 0-100 compare
- 46 Micronesia (country) 74.33 0-100 compare
- 47 Cyprus 74.23 0-100 compare
- 48 Cape Verde 73.88 0-100 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 voice and accountability - governance score in Samoa?
- Voice and accountability - governance score in Samoa was 74.53 0-100 in 2025, according to The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG).
- What is the highest voice and accountability - governance score recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 78.72 0-100 in 2022.
- What is the lowest voice and accountability - governance score recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 65.85 0-100 in 2012.
- How does Samoa rank for voice and accountability - governance score?
- Samoa ranks 45th out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
- Is voice and accountability - governance score rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Voice and Accountability (VA) captures perceptions of the extent to which citizens can participate in selecting their government including electoral integrity, and of accountability mechanisms for citizens—reflected in the ability to access information, governmental oversight bodies, and a robust traditional/digital media landscape. 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).