Dealing with construction permits: Procedures (number) - Score (Score) in Samoa
Samoa: Dealing with construction permits: Procedures (number) - Score was 48 in 2019. ▬ Flat
Dealing with construction permits: Procedures (number) - Score in Samoa, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Samoa recorded 48 for dealing with construction permits: procedures (number) - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, dealing with construction permits: procedures (number) - score in Samoa peaked at 48 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 48, in 2005.
That places Samoa 144th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Dealing with construction permits: Procedures (number) - Score in Samoa, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 48 | — |
| 2006 | 48 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 48 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 48 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 48 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 48 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 48 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 48 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 48 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 48 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 48 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 48 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 48 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 48 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 48 | +0.0% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 48 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 60, 80% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 48 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 62, 77% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 48 | 48 | 48 | 5 |
| 2010s | 48 | 48 | 48 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
- 143 Pakistan 51.8 compare
- 144 China 48 compare
- 144 Indonesia 48 compare
- 144 Azerbaijan 48 compare
- 144 Bulgaria 48 compare
- 144 Guyana 48 compare
- 144 Jamaica 48 compare
- 144 Kosovo 48 compare
- 144 Nicaragua 48 compare
- 144 Panama 48 compare
- 144 Turkey 48 compare
- 144 Uganda 48 compare
- 144 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 48 compare
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: procedures (number) - score in Samoa?
- Dealing with construction permits: procedures (number) - score in Samoa was 48 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest dealing with construction permits: procedures (number) - score recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 48 in 2005.
- What is the lowest dealing with construction permits: procedures (number) - score recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 48 in 2005.
- How does Samoa rank for dealing with construction permits: procedures (number) - score?
- Samoa ranks 144th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is dealing with construction permits: procedures (number) - score 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: Procedures (number) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for the number procedures 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.