Samoa—Rule of Law
Samoa's rule of law was 0.9 in 2023, ranking #41 out of 205 countries. This represents a -5.0% change from 2022. Over the past 23 years, the highest recorded value was 1.27 (2003) and the lowest was 0.67 (2009). Data sourced from the World Bank World Development Indicators.
Historical Data
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.9 | -5.0% |
| 2022 | 0.95 | +7.0% |
| 2021 | 0.89 | -12.4% |
| 2020 | 1.01 | -13.0% |
| 2019 | 1.16 | +27.4% |
| 2018 | 0.91 | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 0.92 | +5.3% |
| 2016 | 0.87 | +17.1% |
| 2015 | 0.74 | -6.7% |
| 2014 | 0.8 | +5.8% |
| 2013 | 0.75 | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 0.74 | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 0.73 | +6.9% |
| 2010 | 0.68 | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 0.67 | -21.5% |
| 2008 | 0.85 | -10.5% |
| 2007 | 0.95 | -3.6% |
| 2006 | 0.99 | -11.1% |
| 2005 | 1.11 | +12.2% |
| 2004 | 0.99 | -22.1% |
| 2003 | 1.27 | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 1.26 | +28.7% |
| 2000 | 0.98 |
Top Countries — Rule of Law
| # | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finland | 1.97 | 2023 |
| 2 | Denmark | 1.91 | 2023 |
| 3 | Norway | 1.83 | 2023 |
| 4 | Switzerland | 1.76 | 2023 |
| 5 | Singapore | 1.75 | 2023 |
| 6 | Luxembourg | 1.75 | 2023 |
| 7 | Austria | 1.75 | 2023 |
| 8 | Iceland | 1.72 | 2023 |
| 9 | Liechtenstein | 1.71 | 2023 |
| 10 | New Zealand | 1.71 | 2023 |
About This Indicator
Definition
The Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) are a research dataset summarizing the views on the quality of governance provided by a large number of enterprise, citizen and expert survey respondents in industrial and developing countries. Governance consists of the traditions and institutions by which authority in a country is exercised. This includes the process by which governments are selected, monitored and replaced; the capacity of the government to effectively formulate and implement sound policies; and the respect of citizens and the state for the institutions that govern economic and social interactions among them. The WGI measures six dimensions of governance: Voice and Accountability, Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism, Government Effectiveness, Regulatory Quality, Rule of Law, and Control of Corruption. Rule of Law captures perceptions of the extent to which agents have confidence in and abide by the rules of society, and in particular the quality of contract enforcement, property rights, the police, and the courts, as well as the likelihood of crime and violence. Estimate gives the country's score on the aggregate indicator, in units of a standard normal distribution, i.e. ranging from approximately -2.5 to 2.5. For each dimension of governance the following information is available in the database: estimate, percentile rank, lower bound of 90% confidence interval, upper bound of 90% confidence interval, standard error, number of sources.
Methodology
Original contributors: Worldwide Governance Indicators, World Bank (WB), uri: www.govindicators.org
Unit
standard-normal governance estimate (approximately −2.5 to 2.5)