Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score in Samoa
Samoa: Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score was 96.2% in 2019. ▬ Flat
Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score in Samoa, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in Samoa stood at 96.2%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in Samoa peaked at 97.1% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 94.8%, in 2014.
Samoa ranks 40th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score in Samoa, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 96.1% | — |
| 2006 | 96.2% | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 96.5% | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 96.6% | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 96.9% | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 97.0% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 97.0% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 97.1% | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 97.0% | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 94.8% | -2.3% |
| 2015 | 95.6% | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 95.7% | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 96.0% | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 96.0% | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 96.2% | +0.1% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 96.2% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 91.0%, 1.1× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 96.2% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 89.2%, 1.1× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 96.5% | 96.1% | 96.9% | 5 |
| 2010s | 96.2% | 94.8% | 97.1% | 10 |
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)
- Commercial service imports 102.13 million current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 24.8% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 39.4% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 24.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 328.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 109.44 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in Samoa?
- Dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in Samoa was 96.2% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 97.1% in 2012.
- What is the lowest dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 94.8% in 2014.
- How does Samoa rank for dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score?
- Samoa ranks 40th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. 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: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for cost 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.