Samoa - Voice and Accountability 2023
1.02
+0.02 from 2022
Samoa's voice and accountability was 1.02 in 2023, increased +0.02 from 1.00 in 2022. This was the 37th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2023▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Norway | 1.78 | -0.2% |
| 2nd | New Zealand | 1.69 | 2.2% |
| 3rd | Switzerland | 1.67 | 2.7% |
| 4th | Denmark | 1.66 | 4.6% |
| 5th | Luxembourg | 1.63 | 5.9% |
| 6th | Finland | 1.63 | 1.6% |
| 7th | Sweden | 1.57 | 3.2% |
| 8th | Netherlands | 1.56 | 0.6% |
| 9th | Australia | 1.51 | 13.8% |
| 10th | Ireland | 1.48 | 2.0% |
| 11th | Canada | 1.48 | 2.8% |
| 12th | Germany | 1.46 | 3.3% |
| 13th | Iceland | 1.45 | 1.3% |
| 14th | Austria | 1.41 | -0.2% |
| 15th | Liechtenstein | 1.40 | 1.9% |
| 16th | Belgium | 1.33 | 2.2% |
| 17th | Uruguay | 1.28 | -0.1% |
| 18th | Greenland | 1.27 | 0.3% |
| 19th | United Kingdom | 1.26 | 0.2% |
| 20th | San Marino | 1.25 | 1.3% |
| 21st | Tuvalu | 1.22 | 1.4% |
| 22nd | Estonia | 1.22 | 1.5% |
| 23rd | Portugal | 1.21 | -3.7% |
| 24th | Spain | 1.19 | 17.5% |
| 25th | Barbados | 1.16 | 2.6% |
| 26th | France | 1.15 | 4.0% |
| 27th | Marshall Islands | 1.13 | 1.8% |
| 28th | Italy | 1.12 | 3.8% |
| 29th | Japan | 1.11 | 8.3% |
| 30th | Kiribati | 1.09 | -0.1% |
| 31st | Micronesia, Federated States of | 1.09 | -3.5% |
| 32nd | Palau | 1.09 | 1.5% |
| 33rd | Slovenia | 1.08 | 10.5% |
| 34th | Czechia | 1.08 | 3.4% |
| 35th | Lithuania | 1.07 | 0.3% |
| 36th | Costa Rica | 1.07 | -0.3% |
| 37th | Samoa | 1.02 | 1.7% |
| 38th | Aruba | 1.02 | 0.6% |
| 39th | Chile | 1.02 | 4.2% |
| 40th | Greece | 1.01 | 5.8% |
| 41st | Andorra | 1.00 | -9.9% |
| 42nd | Latvia | 0.99 | 5.9% |
| 43rd | Cyprus | 0.97 | 14.6% |
| 44th | Cabo Verde | 0.96 | 1.3% |
| 45th | Malta | 0.91 | -15.5% |
| 46th | Slovak Republic | 0.91 | 2.6% |
| 47th | United States | 0.88 | 2.0% |
| 48th | Tonga | 0.87 | 2.5% |
| 49th | St. Lucia | 0.86 | 1.9% |
| 50th | Bahamas, The | 0.86 | -1.4% |
| 51st | Korea | 0.86 | -2.1% |
| 52nd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.83 | -2.2% |
| 53rd | Dominica | 0.79 | -1.3% |
| 54th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.77 | 0.9% |
| 55th | Cayman Islands | 0.76 | 1.1% |
| 56th | Grenada | 0.75 | 6.8% |
| 57th | South Africa | 0.74 | 3.0% |
| 58th | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.74 | 2.4% |
| 59th | Monaco | 0.65 | -8.7% |
| 60th | Israel | 0.64 | -5.0% |
| 61st | Nauru | 0.64 | 3.1% |
| 62nd | Vanuatu | 0.63 | 7.1% |
| 63rd | Poland | 0.63 | 3.8% |
| 64th | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.62 | -4.4% |
| 65th | Mauritius | 0.62 | 0.3% |
| 66th | Namibia | 0.58 | 2.9% |
| 67th | Croatia | 0.57 | -7.6% |
| 68th | Jamaica | 0.56 | -4.5% |
| 69th | Seychelles | 0.56 | -6.7% |
| 70th | Panama | 0.55 | 1.1% |
| 71st | Belize | 0.54 | 0.7% |
| 72nd | Argentina | 0.53 | -2.3% |
| 73rd | Botswana | 0.50 | 12.1% |
| 74th | Romania | 0.50 | -11.1% |
| 75th | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.45 | 1.8% |
| 76th | Timor-Leste | 0.43 | -11.5% |
| 77th | Ghana | 0.41 | 2.5% |
| 78th | Bulgaria | 0.39 | 35.3% |
| 79th | Brazil | 0.38 | 70.0% |
| 80th | Hungary | 0.36 | -15.5% |
| 81st | Suriname | 0.35 | -4.4% |
| 82nd | Montenegro | 0.34 | 24.3% |
| 83rd | Solomon Islands | 0.34 | 0.9% |
| 84th | Dominican Republic | 0.33 | 4.1% |
| 85th | São Tomé and Principe | 0.25 | -8.8% |
| 86th | Mongolia | 0.25 | -5.4% |
| 87th | Moldova | 0.24 | 145.1% |
| 88th | Colombia | 0.21 | 21.7% |
| 89th | Bhutan | 0.20 | 27.0% |
| 90th | Fiji | 0.19 | 229.3% |
| 91st | Albania | 0.17 | 19.2% |
| 92nd | North Macedonia | 0.16 | 0.4% |
| 93rd | Guyana | 0.15 | -23.1% |
| 94th | Indonesia | 0.14 | -3.5% |
| 95th | Senegal | 0.13 | -24.3% |
| 96th | India | 0.09 | 105.8% |
| 97th | Malaysia | 0.09 | 20,604.7% |
| 98th | Armenia | 0.08 | -15.1% |
| 99th | Malawi | 0.08 | 21.7% |
| 100th | Peru | 0.06 | 14.1% |
| 101st | Liberia | 0.05 | 2,602.7% |
| 102nd | Paraguay | 0.04 | 1,032.6% |
| 103rd | Georgia | 0.03 | 122.0% |
| 104th | Lesotho | 0.03 | -40.3% |
| 105th | Papua New Guinea | 0.01 | 124.0% |
| 106th | Philippines | -0.02 | 69.3% |
| 107th | Nepal | -0.02 | 48.2% |
| 108th | Gambia, The | -0.04 | -0.6% |
| 109th | Zambia | -0.05 | 39.7% |
| 110th | Serbia | -0.06 | 44.0% |
| 111th | Ecuador | -0.06 | -326.0% |
| 112th | Singapore | -0.07 | -8.8% |
| 113th | Kosovo | -0.09 | -56.8% |
| 114th | Ukraine | -0.10 | -331.4% |
| 115th | Mexico | -0.12 | 3.9% |
| 116th | Kenya | -0.12 | 17.7% |
| 117th | Maldives | -0.14 | 32.9% |
| 118th | Tunisia | -0.21 | 14.2% |
| 119th | Benin | -0.22 | 34.8% |
| 120th | Sri Lanka | -0.23 | -7.7% |
| 121st | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -0.27 | -34.3% |
| 122nd | Sierra Leone | -0.30 | -102.1% |
| 123rd | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.32 | 1.6% |
| 124th | Madagascar | -0.32 | -8.8% |
| 125th | Hong Kong SAR, China | -0.32 | 20.1% |
| 126th | Côte d'Ivoire | -0.38 | 4.5% |
| 127th | Guinea-Bissau | -0.44 | -4.7% |
| 128th | Thailand | -0.45 | 27.4% |
| 129th | Honduras | -0.45 | 7.6% |
| 130th | El Salvador | -0.47 | -27.8% |
| 131st | Morocco | -0.49 | 10.3% |
| 132nd | Macao SAR, China | -0.51 | 4.1% |
| 133rd | Guatemala | -0.53 | -2.1% |
| 134th | Tanzania | -0.53 | 18.3% |
| 135th | Nigeria | -0.55 | 8.4% |
| 136th | Mozambique | -0.59 | -1.2% |
| 137th | Kuwait | -0.59 | 13.2% |
| 138th | Lebanon | -0.65 | -3.7% |
| 139th | Mauritania | -0.66 | 10.2% |
| 140th | Niger | -0.70 | -85.2% |
| 141st | Uganda | -0.70 | 13.0% |
| 142nd | Brunei Darussalam | -0.72 | 12.3% |
| 143rd | Kyrgyz Republic | -0.72 | 0.9% |
| 144th | Angola | -0.74 | 8.7% |
| 145th | Bangladesh | -0.75 | -0.1% |
| 146th | Jordan | -0.77 | 3.4% |
| 147th | Togo | -0.78 | -3.7% |
| 148th | Comoros | -0.81 | 5.0% |
| 149th | Burkina Faso | -0.81 | -18.4% |
| 150th | Türkiye | -0.86 | 7.1% |
| 151st | Rwanda | -0.90 | 3.6% |
| 152nd | Gabon | -0.92 | -4.4% |
| 153rd | Iraq | -0.96 | -1.1% |
| 154th | Pakistan | -0.96 | -11.3% |
| 155th | Qatar | -0.97 | 7.4% |
| 156th | Algeria | -0.98 | 3.2% |
| 157th | Kazakhstan | -1.00 | 5.9% |
| 158th | Oman | -1.00 | 12.5% |
| 159th | Mali | -1.01 | -9.9% |
| 160th | Cameroon | -1.07 | 7.0% |
| 161st | Zimbabwe | -1.09 | 1.5% |
| 162nd | United Arab Emirates | -1.09 | 2.9% |
| 163rd | West Bank and Gaza | -1.12 | -8.0% |
| 164th | Guinea | -1.15 | -5.7% |
| 165th | Congo, Republic of | -1.15 | 3.8% |
| 166th | Eswatini | -1.16 | 4.6% |
| 167th | Haiti | -1.18 | 1.1% |
| 168th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.21 | -1.8% |
| 169th | Viet Nam | -1.24 | 3.5% |
| 170th | Cuba | -1.25 | 6.7% |
| 171st | Central African Republic | -1.26 | -4.0% |
| 172nd | Djibouti | -1.27 | 1.3% |
| 173rd | Russian Federation | -1.29 | -1.9% |
| 174th | Cambodia | -1.29 | 1.3% |
| 175th | Uzbekistan | -1.31 | 1.6% |
| 176th | Burundi | -1.37 | 2.1% |
| 177th | Bahrain | -1.38 | 2.9% |
| 178th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -1.38 | 4.9% |
| 179th | Nicaragua | -1.39 | -2.8% |
| 180th | Libya | -1.39 | -0.7% |
| 181st | Azerbaijan | -1.41 | 2.1% |
| 182nd | Saudi Arabia | -1.42 | 4.6% |
| 183rd | Chad | -1.43 | 2.5% |
| 184th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -1.45 | 0.5% |
| 185th | China | -1.50 | 6.0% |
| 186th | Yemen, Republic of | -1.55 | 4.3% |
| 187th | Sudan | -1.60 | -7.4% |
| 188th | Lao PDR | -1.63 | 1.6% |
| 189th | Tajikistan | -1.63 | 2.3% |
| 190th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -1.66 | 0.4% |
| 191st | Belarus | -1.67 | -2.4% |
| 192nd | Equatorial Guinea | -1.68 | 1.6% |
| 193rd | South Sudan | -1.68 | 0.8% |
| 194th | Myanmar | -1.84 | -1.8% |
| 195th | Afghanistan | -1.85 | -5.7% |
| 196th | Syrian Arab Republic | -1.85 | 2.2% |
| 197th | Eritrea | -1.86 | 1.1% |
| 198th | Turkmenistan | -1.88 | 3.2% |
| 199th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -1.98 | 2.2% |
FAQ
What was Samoa's voice and accountability in 2023?▾
Samoa's voice and accountability in 2023 was 1.02. This ranked 37th globally.
How did Samoa's voice and accountability change in 2023?▾
Samoa's voice and accountability increased by 1.7% in 2023 compared to 2022.
Which country had the highest voice and accountability in 2023?▾
Norway had the highest voice and accountability in 2023 at 1.78.
What is the voice and accountability of Samoa in 2023?▾
The voice and accountability of Samoa in 2023 was 1.02. This ranked 37th globally.
How does 2023 compare to 2022 for Samoa's voice and accountability?▾
Samoa's voice and accountability went from 1.00 in 2022 to 1.02 in 2023, a 1.7% increase.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Samoa matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 2023. Historically: 768 occurrences, 546 successful (71%). View full analysis →
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