Voice and Accountability - Number of sources in Samoa

Samoa: Voice and Accountability - Number of sources was 5 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
5
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
175th
of 208 countries
All-time high
7
in 2010
All-time low
3
in 1996
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Voice and Accountability - Number of sources in Samoa, 1996–2024

024681996201020241996: 31998: 32000: 32002: 32003: 32004: 32005: 52006: 52007: 52008: 52009: 62010: 72011: 72012: 72013: 72014: 72015: 72016: 62017: 62018: 52019: 52020: 52021: 52022: 52023: 52024: 5

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Samoa recorded 5 for voice and accountability - number of sources in 2024.

That represents a change of down 28.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, voice and accountability - number of sources in Samoa peaked at 7 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 3, in 1996.

Samoa ranks 175th of 208 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

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

Voice and Accountability - Number of sources in Samoa, year by year

Annual values for Voice and Accountability - Number of sources in Samoa, 1996 to 2024.
Year Value Change
1996 3
1998 3 +0.0%
2000 3 +0.0%
2002 3 +0.0%
2003 3 +0.0%
2004 3 +0.0%
2005 5 +66.7%
2006 5 +0.0%
2007 5 +0.0%
2008 5 +0.0%
2009 6 +20.0%
2010 7 +16.7%
2011 7 +0.0%
2012 7 +0.0%
2013 7 +0.0%
2014 7 +0.0%
2015 7 +0.0%
2016 6 -14.3%
2017 6 +0.0%
2018 5 -16.7%
2019 5 +0.0%
2020 5 +0.0%
2021 5 +0.0%
2022 5 +0.0%
2023 5 +0.0%
2024 5 +0.0%

Samoa compared with similar countries

  • Samoa's 5 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 10, 50% of the median. (59 countries reporting)
  • Samoa's 5 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 7.5, 67% of the median. (36 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 3 3 3 2
2000s 4.22 3 6 9
2010s 6.4 5 7 10
2020s 5 5 5 5

Countries ranked near Samoa

  1. 175 Bahamas 5 compare
  2. 175 Solomon Islands 5 compare
  3. 175 Tonga 5 compare
  4. 175 Vanuatu 5 compare

See the full ranking of 208 places →

More reference data data for Samoa

All data for Samoa →

Frequently asked questions

What is voice and accountability - number of sources in Samoa?
Voice and accountability - number of sources in Samoa was 5 in 2024, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest voice and accountability - number of sources recorded in Samoa?
The highest recorded value was 7 in 2010.
What is the lowest voice and accountability - number of sources recorded in Samoa?
The lowest recorded value was 3 in 1996.
How does Samoa rank for voice and accountability - number of sources?
Samoa ranks 175th out of 208 countries with data for 2024.
Is voice and accountability - number of sources rising or falling in Samoa?
Over the last ten years it is down 28.6%. 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 Voice and Accountability - Number of sources. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 26 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Voice and Accountability - Number of sources in Samoa. Statizoid. Retrieved 24 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/voice-and-accountability-number-of-sources/samoa/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/voice-and-accountability-number-of-sources/samoa/">Voice and Accountability - Number of sources in Samoa</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Voice and Accountability - Number of sources
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
208 places, 5,311 data points, 1996–2024
Last refreshed