Samoa - Government Effectiveness 2018
0.62
−0.08 from 2017
Samoa's government effectiveness was 0.62 in 2018, decreased +0.08 from 0.70 in 2017. This was the 51st highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2018▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Singapore | 2.23 | 0.3% |
| 2nd | Finland | 2.01 | 1.9% |
| 3rd | Switzerland | 2.00 | -1.0% |
| 4th | Andorra | 1.88 | 0.1% |
| 5th | Monaco | 1.88 | 0.1% |
| 6th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.86 | -0.1% |
| 7th | Norway | 1.85 | -5.1% |
| 8th | Denmark | 1.81 | 3.7% |
| 9th | Netherlands | 1.81 | -0.2% |
| 10th | Luxembourg | 1.74 | 5.5% |
| 11th | Liechtenstein | 1.69 | -1.7% |
| 12th | Canada | 1.68 | -7.7% |
| 13th | Sweden | 1.67 | -0.3% |
| 14th | Japan | 1.63 | 3.5% |
| 15th | New Zealand | 1.63 | -5.7% |
| 16th | San Marino | 1.60 | 0.0% |
| 17th | Australia | 1.56 | 3.8% |
| 18th | United States | 1.54 | 1.3% |
| 19th | Germany | 1.52 | -5.6% |
| 20th | Austria | 1.46 | -0.8% |
| 21st | United Arab Emirates | 1.43 | 1.2% |
| 22nd | Iceland | 1.43 | 0.9% |
| 23rd | France | 1.42 | 8.5% |
| 24th | Ireland | 1.38 | 8.8% |
| 25th | United Kingdom | 1.36 | -4.8% |
| 26th | Bermuda | 1.33 | -0.3% |
| 27th | Belgium | 1.22 | -1.3% |
| 28th | Brunei Darussalam | 1.21 | 9.5% |
| 29th | Portugal | 1.18 | -8.7% |
| 30th | Israel | 1.17 | -13.3% |
| 31st | Cayman Islands | 1.16 | -2.1% |
| 32nd | Macao SAR, China | 1.16 | -13.3% |
| 33rd | Estonia | 1.15 | 7.3% |
| 34th | Korea | 1.14 | 10.3% |
| 35th | Slovenia | 1.08 | -4.2% |
| 36th | Malaysia | 1.05 | 35.5% |
| 37th | Lithuania | 1.03 | 11.0% |
| 38th | Aruba | 1.01 | 15.7% |
| 39th | Latvia | 1.00 | 15.6% |
| 40th | Spain | 0.97 | -3.2% |
| 41st | Czechia | 0.95 | -7.7% |
| 42nd | Malta | 0.93 | -3.9% |
| 43rd | Chile | 0.91 | 12.1% |
| 44th | Mauritius | 0.89 | -6.7% |
| 45th | Cyprus | 0.88 | -0.2% |
| 46th | Greenland | 0.81 | -0.3% |
| 47th | Fiji | 0.77 | 226.7% |
| 48th | Virgin Islands (US) | 0.77 | -1.1% |
| 49th | Seychelles | 0.63 | 27.6% |
| 50th | Qatar | 0.63 | -13.5% |
| 51st | Samoa | 0.62 | -11.3% |
| 52nd | Jamaica | 0.60 | 7.7% |
| 53rd | Slovak Republic | 0.58 | -12.8% |
| 54th | Poland | 0.55 | -0.7% |
| 55th | Georgia | 0.52 | 7.6% |
| 56th | Croatia | 0.51 | -4.0% |
| 57th | Uruguay | 0.50 | 24.7% |
| 58th | Bahamas, The | 0.50 | -7.4% |
| 59th | American Samoa | 0.50 | -2.3% |
| 60th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.50 | -2.3% |
| 61st | China | 0.50 | 19.1% |
| 62nd | Hungary | 0.44 | -7.9% |
| 63rd | Italy | 0.41 | -16.9% |
| 64th | Barbados | 0.39 | -51.8% |
| 65th | Costa Rica | 0.35 | 58.5% |
| 66th | Cabo Verde | 0.34 | 138.2% |
| 67th | St. Lucia | 0.33 | -14.1% |
| 68th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.33 | -14.1% |
| 69th | Bhutan | 0.28 | -49.5% |
| 70th | Saudi Arabia | 0.27 | 29.9% |
| 71st | Nauru | 0.27 | 673.0% |
| 72nd | India | 0.26 | 539.8% |
| 73rd | Greece | 0.26 | 8.1% |
| 74th | Botswana | 0.25 | -30.7% |
| 75th | Thailand | 0.25 | -1.3% |
| 76th | Palau | 0.23 | 0.6% |
| 77th | Guam | 0.22 | -6.2% |
| 78th | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.21 | -8.4% |
| 79th | Tonga | 0.19 | 176.1% |
| 80th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.16 | -58.7% |
| 81st | Indonesia | 0.14 | 816.4% |
| 82nd | Oman | 0.13 | -5.6% |
| 83rd | Bahrain | 0.12 | -12.5% |
| 84th | Namibia | 0.11 | -49.2% |
| 85th | Bulgaria | 0.11 | 14.1% |
| 86th | South Africa | 0.10 | 46.4% |
| 87th | Jordan | 0.10 | 40.9% |
| 88th | Montenegro | 0.09 | -47.2% |
| 89th | Albania | 0.08 | -18.3% |
| 90th | Rwanda | 0.08 | -55.4% |
| 91st | Serbia | 0.07 | 1.6% |
| 92nd | Philippines | 0.06 | 278.6% |
| 93rd | North Macedonia | 0.06 | 415.5% |
| 94th | Argentina | 0.03 | -79.2% |
| 95th | Panama | 0.01 | -54.9% |
| 96th | Tunisia | -0.01 | 87.1% |
| 97th | Viet Nam | -0.01 | 64.8% |
| 98th | Kazakhstan | -0.04 | 36.1% |
| 99th | Antigua and Barbuda | -0.05 | -48.3% |
| 100th | Kiribati | -0.06 | 10.6% |
| 101st | Türkiye | -0.07 | -594.8% |
| 102nd | Russian Federation | -0.10 | 45.7% |
| 103rd | Kuwait | -0.12 | 43.8% |
| 104th | Colombia | -0.14 | 1.0% |
| 105th | Azerbaijan | -0.15 | 15.3% |
| 106th | Armenia | -0.17 | 32.2% |
| 107th | Romania | -0.18 | -108.9% |
| 108th | Marshall Islands | -0.18 | -2.7% |
| 109th | Puerto Rico (US) | -0.19 | -44.3% |
| 110th | Grenada | -0.20 | -36.2% |
| 111th | Mongolia | -0.25 | 11.5% |
| 112th | Cuba | -0.25 | -25.9% |
| 113th | Guyana | -0.25 | 9.6% |
| 114th | Sri Lanka | -0.26 | -47.4% |
| 115th | Dominica | -0.27 | -11.1% |
| 116th | Mexico | -0.29 | -348.5% |
| 117th | Belarus | -0.30 | 16.7% |
| 118th | Ecuador | -0.32 | 9.8% |
| 119th | Ghana | -0.32 | -71.0% |
| 120th | Peru | -0.32 | -58.1% |
| 121st | Senegal | -0.33 | 9.8% |
| 122nd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -0.33 | 16.7% |
| 123rd | Morocco | -0.35 | -14.5% |
| 124th | Dominican Republic | -0.39 | -1.4% |
| 125th | Kosovo | -0.44 | -6.2% |
| 126th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.45 | 14.4% |
| 127th | Ukraine | -0.46 | 10.6% |
| 128th | Vanuatu | -0.46 | 52.0% |
| 129th | Maldives | -0.48 | -20.6% |
| 130th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -0.48 | -97.8% |
| 131st | Algeria | -0.49 | 9.0% |
| 132nd | El Salvador | -0.49 | -26.5% |
| 133rd | Kenya | -0.49 | -26.5% |
| 134th | Moldova | -0.51 | 12.4% |
| 135th | Brazil | -0.52 | -64.1% |
| 136th | Tuvalu | -0.55 | 20.4% |
| 137th | Cambodia | -0.60 | 13.8% |
| 138th | Paraguay | -0.60 | 28.1% |
| 139th | Uzbekistan | -0.62 | 2.1% |
| 140th | Honduras | -0.62 | -16.5% |
| 141st | Belize | -0.63 | 6.4% |
| 142nd | Benin | -0.63 | 9.4% |
| 143rd | Burkina Faso | -0.64 | -0.9% |
| 144th | Kyrgyz Republic | -0.65 | 14.0% |
| 145th | Côte d'Ivoire | -0.65 | 20.3% |
| 146th | Zambia | -0.65 | 6.7% |
| 147th | Papua New Guinea | -0.66 | 1.2% |
| 148th | Pakistan | -0.67 | -5.0% |
| 149th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.67 | -29.3% |
| 150th | Eswatini | -0.67 | -36.7% |
| 151st | Lebanon | -0.67 | -46.2% |
| 152nd | Suriname | -0.69 | -5.8% |
| 153rd | Uganda | -0.69 | -9.4% |
| 154th | Guatemala | -0.72 | -3.7% |
| 155th | Lao PDR | -0.72 | -73.6% |
| 156th | Gambia, The | -0.75 | -0.8% |
| 157th | Bangladesh | -0.76 | -1.4% |
| 158th | Tanzania | -0.78 | -14.3% |
| 159th | São Tomé and Principe | -0.78 | 7.3% |
| 160th | West Bank and Gaza | -0.79 | -82.0% |
| 161st | Malawi | -0.80 | -10.5% |
| 162nd | Nicaragua | -0.81 | -21.6% |
| 163rd | Mauritania | -0.83 | -2.8% |
| 164th | Gabon | -0.83 | 17.7% |
| 165th | Niger | -0.83 | -9.7% |
| 166th | Cameroon | -0.86 | 0.4% |
| 167th | Solomon Islands | -0.90 | 3.4% |
| 168th | Lesotho | -0.92 | 0.2% |
| 169th | Timor-Leste | -0.94 | 6.7% |
| 170th | Nepal | -0.95 | -1.4% |
| 171st | Mozambique | -0.96 | -0.4% |
| 172nd | Djibouti | -0.99 | 9.3% |
| 173rd | Angola | -1.01 | -5.6% |
| 174th | Guinea | -1.03 | 5.5% |
| 175th | Mali | -1.03 | -6.4% |
| 176th | Turkmenistan | -1.09 | -7.7% |
| 177th | Myanmar | -1.09 | -0.5% |
| 178th | Togo | -1.09 | 6.2% |
| 179th | Nigeria | -1.12 | -7.4% |
| 180th | Tajikistan | -1.16 | 1.6% |
| 181st | Sierra Leone | -1.19 | 2.4% |
| 182nd | Equatorial Guinea | -1.20 | -2.0% |
| 183rd | Congo, Republic of | -1.20 | 3.6% |
| 184th | Madagascar | -1.21 | -1.5% |
| 185th | Iraq | -1.27 | -3.7% |
| 186th | Zimbabwe | -1.30 | -1.4% |
| 187th | Liberia | -1.32 | 3.0% |
| 188th | Burundi | -1.45 | -4.9% |
| 189th | Afghanistan | -1.50 | -8.3% |
| 190th | Guinea-Bissau | -1.52 | 15.8% |
| 191st | Chad | -1.56 | -3.5% |
| 192nd | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.57 | 5.6% |
| 193rd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -1.61 | 5.7% |
| 194th | Sudan | -1.63 | -10.4% |
| 195th | Libya | -1.69 | -5.0% |
| 196th | Syrian Arab Republic | -1.70 | 5.5% |
| 197th | Comoros | -1.72 | -2.3% |
| 198th | Central African Republic | -1.74 | 3.2% |
| 199th | Eritrea | -1.77 | 1.6% |
| 200th | Haiti | -1.97 | 7.6% |
| 201st | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -2.21 | 3.2% |
| 202nd | Yemen, Republic of | -2.27 | -16.5% |
| 203rd | South Sudan | -2.32 | 4.9% |
FAQ
What was Samoa's government effectiveness in 2018?▾
Samoa's government effectiveness in 2018 was 0.62. This ranked 51st globally.
How did Samoa's government effectiveness change in 2018?▾
Samoa's government effectiveness decreased by 11.3% in 2018 compared to 2017.
Which country had the highest government effectiveness in 2018?▾
Singapore had the highest government effectiveness in 2018 at 2.23.
What is the government effectiveness of Samoa in 2018?▾
The government effectiveness of Samoa in 2018 was 0.62. This ranked 51st globally.
How does 2018 compare to 2017 for Samoa's government effectiveness?▾
Samoa's government effectiveness went from 0.70 in 2017 to 0.62 in 2018, a 11.3% decrease.
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