Starting a business - Score in Samoa
Samoa: Starting a business - Score was 92.59 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business - Score in Samoa, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Samoa recorded 92.59 for starting a business - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business - score in Samoa peaked at 92.59 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 71.27, in 2003.
Samoa ranks 47th 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 - Score in Samoa, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 71.27 | — |
| 2004 | 73.19 | +2.7% |
| 2005 | 75.23 | +2.8% |
| 2006 | 75.35 | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 75.87 | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 76.06 | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 92.21 | +21.2% |
| 2010 | 92.23 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 92.24 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 92.27 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 92.25 | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 92.28 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 92.46 | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 92.49 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 92.54 | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 92.56 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 92.59 | +0.0% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 92.59 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 86.74, 1.1× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 92.59 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 86.39, 1.1× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 77.03 | 71.27 | 92.21 | 7 |
| 2010s | 92.39 | 92.23 | 92.59 | 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)
- 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 starting a business - score in Samoa?
- Starting a business - score in Samoa was 92.59 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business - score recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 92.59 in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business - score recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 71.27 in 2003.
- How does Samoa rank for starting a business - score?
- Samoa ranks 47th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business - score rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. 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 - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for starting a business is the simple average of the scores for each of the component indicators: the procedures, time and cost for an entrepreneur to start and formally operate a business, as well as the paid-in minimum capital requirement.