Starting a business: Time - Women (days)- Score in Samoa
Samoa: Starting a business: Time - Women (days)- Score was 91.46 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Time - Women (days)- Score in Samoa, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Samoa recorded 91.46 for starting a business: time - women (days)- score in 2019. 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: time - women (days)- score in Samoa peaked at 91.46 in 2009 and was at its lowest, 58.29, in 2003.
That places Samoa 65th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business: Time - Women (days)- Score in Samoa, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 58.29 | — |
| 2004 | 58.29 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 65.33 | +12.1% |
| 2006 | 65.33 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 65.33 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 65.33 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 91.46 | +40.0% |
| 2010 | 91.46 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 91.46 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 91.46 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 91.46 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 91.46 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 91.46 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 91.46 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 91.46 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 91.46 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 91.46 | +0.0% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 91.46 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 88.44, 1.0× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 91.46 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 87.62, 1.0× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 67.05 | 58.29 | 91.46 | 7 |
| 2010s | 91.46 | 91.46 | 91.46 | 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: time - women (days)- score in Samoa?
- Starting a business: time - women (days)- score in Samoa was 91.46 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: time - women (days)- score recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 91.46 in 2009.
- What is the lowest starting a business: time - women (days)- score recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 58.29 in 2003.
- How does Samoa rank for starting a business: time - women (days)- score?
- Samoa ranks 65th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: time - women (days)- 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: Time - Women (days)- Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for the time for women 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.