Dealing with construction … Score 0-15 Building control in Samoa
Samoa: Dealing with construction permits: Building quality control index was 40 in 2019. ▬ Flat
Dealing with construction permits: Building quality control index in Samoa, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, dealing with construction permits: building quality control index in Samoa stood at 40. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
That places Samoa 163rd out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Dealing with construction permits: Building quality control index in Samoa, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 40 | — |
| 2015 | 40 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 40 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 40 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 40 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 40 | +0.0% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 40 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 73.33, 55% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 40 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 76.67, 52% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Samoa
More private sector data for Samoa
- Merchandise trade 38.1% (2025)
- Food imports 29.6% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 48.0% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 467.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 24.8% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 39.4% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 24.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 109.44 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0186 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -42.86 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dealing with construction permits: building quality control index in Samoa?
- Dealing with construction permits: building quality control index in Samoa was 40 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest dealing with construction permits: building quality control index recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 40 in 2014.
- What is the lowest dealing with construction permits: building quality control index recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 40 in 2014.
- How does Samoa rank for dealing with construction permits: building quality control index?
- Samoa ranks 163rd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is dealing with construction permits: building quality control index rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Samoa data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Dealing with construction permits: Building quality control index (0-15) (DB16-20 methodology) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for the building quality control index benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance, and is computed based on the methodology in the DB16-20 studies.