Registering property: Cost (% of property value) - Score in Samoa
Samoa: Registering property: Cost (% of property value) - Score was 74.7% in 2019. ▼ Falling
Registering property: Cost (% of property value) - Score in Samoa, 2004–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Samoa recorded 74.7% for registering property: cost (% of property value) - score in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 16 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 16.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, registering property: cost (% of property value) - score in Samoa peaked at 89.3% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 74.7%, in 2019.
Samoa ranks 72nd of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.
Registering property: Cost (% of property value) - Score in Samoa, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 87.4% | — |
| 2005 | 87.7% | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 87.8% | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 88.3% | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 88.5% | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 89.1% | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 89.1% | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 89.2% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 89.3% | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 75.2% | -15.8% |
| 2014 | 75.2% | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 74.9% | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 74.8% | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 74.8% | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 74.7% | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 74.7% | -0.1% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 74.7% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 72.9%, 1.0× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 74.7% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 70.4%, 1.1× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 88.1% | 87.4% | 89.1% | 6 |
| 2010s | 79.2% | 74.7% | 89.3% | 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 registering property: cost (% of property value) - score in Samoa?
- Registering property: cost (% of property value) - score in Samoa was 74.7% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest registering property: cost (% of property value) - score recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 89.3% in 2012.
- What is the lowest registering property: cost (% of property value) - score recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 74.7% in 2019.
- How does Samoa rank for registering property: cost (% of property value) - score?
- Samoa ranks 72nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is registering property: cost (% of property value) - score rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Samoa data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Registering property: Cost (% of property 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.