Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Samoa
Samoa: Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score was 79.74 in 2019. ▬ Flat
Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Samoa, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Samoa recorded 79.74 for getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.5% over ten years.
Samoa ranks 72nd of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Samoa, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 79.32 | — |
| 2015 | 79.67 | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 79.61 | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 79.7 | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 79.7 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 79.74 | +0.1% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 79.74 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 73.3, 1.1× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 79.74 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 76.47, 1.0× 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 getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score in Samoa?
- Getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score in Samoa was 79.74 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 79.74 in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 79.32 in 2014.
- How does Samoa rank for getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score?
- Samoa ranks 72nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.5%. 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 Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for getting electricity is the simple average of the scores for each of the component indicators: the procedures, time, cost for a business to obtain a permanent electricity connection and supply for a standardized warehouse, as well as the reliability of supply and transparency of tariffs index. The score is computed based on the methodology in the DB16-20 studies.