Starting a business: Procedures required - Men (number) - Score (Men) in Samoa
Samoa: Starting a business: Procedures required - Men (number) - Score (Men) was 82.35 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Procedures required - Men (number) - Score in Samoa, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score in Samoa stood at 82.35. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score in Samoa peaked at 82.35 in 2009 and was at its lowest, 52.94, in 2003.
Samoa ranks 29th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business: Procedures required - Men (number) - Score (Men) in Samoa, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 52.94 | — |
| 2004 | 58.82 | +11.1% |
| 2005 | 58.82 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 58.82 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 58.82 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 58.82 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 82.35 | +40.0% |
| 2010 | 82.35 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 82.35 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 82.35 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 82.35 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 82.35 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 82.35 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 82.35 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 82.35 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 82.35 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 82.35 | +0.0% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 82.35 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 64.71, 1.3× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 82.35 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 67.65, 1.2× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 61.34 | 52.94 | 82.35 | 7 |
| 2010s | 82.35 | 82.35 | 82.35 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
- 29 Russia 82.35 compare
- 29 Afghanistan 82.35 compare
- 29 Belarus 82.35 compare
- 29 Burundi 82.35 compare
- 29 Democratic Republic of Congo 82.35 compare
- 29 Cote d'Ivoire 82.35 compare
- 29 Kazakhstan 82.35 compare
- 29 Kyrgyzstan 82.35 compare
- 29 Latvia 82.35 compare
- 29 Lithuania 82.35 compare
- 29 Mauritania 82.35 compare
- 29 Mauritius 82.35 compare
- 29 Morocco 82.35 compare
- 29 Netherlands 82.35 compare
- 29 Niger 82.35 compare
- 29 Norway 82.35 compare
- 29 Oman 82.35 compare
- 29 Senegal 82.35 compare
- 29 Sweden 82.35 compare
- 29 Tonga 82.35 compare
- 29 United Kingdom 82.35 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)
- 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 starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score in Samoa?
- Starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score in Samoa was 82.35 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 82.35 in 2009.
- What is the lowest starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 52.94 in 2003.
- How does Samoa rank for starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score?
- Samoa ranks 29th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: procedures required - men (number) - score rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Samoa data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Starting a business: Procedures required - Men (number) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for the number of procedures for men benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score is indicated on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.