🇼🇸 Samoa Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇼🇸 Samoa WS / WSM #166

Nomad Score 48.0

Cities 5

Region Islands, Oceania, Oceania, Polynesia

Currency WST

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary parliamentary republic

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

Press Freedom (2025) 69.3/100 #44

HDI 0.708

🏛 WORLD GOVERNANCE INDICATORS

Political Stability (2023) 91th pct

Rule of Law (2023) 80th pct

Corruption Control (2023) 76th pct

Govt Effectiveness (2023) 69th pct

Regulatory Quality (2023) 43th pct

Voice & Accountability (2023) 81th pct

Source: World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI). Percentile rank among all countries (0=lowest, 100=highest).

🛡 SAFETY & SECURITY

Homicide Rate (2018) 6.3/100k

Traffic Deaths (2019) 13.0/100k

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary parliamentary republic

Title	Name
O le Ao o le Malo	Tuimalealiʻifano Vaʻaletoʻa Sualauvi II
Prime Minister of Samoa	Laʻauli Leuatea Schmidt

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 69.3 / 100

Global Rank #44 / 180

Rank Change -22 vs previous year

RSF Zone Asie-Pacifique

Political #54 57.4

Economic #35 57.5

Legal #72 66.4

Social #40 76.4

Safety #49 88.8

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Higher scores = better press freedom.

📊 PRESS FREEDOM DIMENSIONS

Five dimensions of press freedom tracked over time. Higher = better.

📋 PRESS FREEDOM HISTORICAL DATA

Year	Score	Rank	Political	Economic	Legal	Social	Safety
2025	69.3	44	57.4	57.5	66.4	76.4	88.8
2024	78.4	22	74.9	69.0	69.1	83.0	96.0
2023	82.2	19	76.9	72.6	67.9	94.3	99.1
2022	71.4	45	61.8	56.1	64.9	85.0	89.1
2021	80.8	21	-	-	-	-	100.0
2020	81.8	21	-	-	-	-	100.0
2019	81.8	22	-	-	-	-	80.5
2018	83.3	22	-	-	-	-	100.0
2017	83.6	21	-	-	-	-	100.0
2016	81.2	29	-	-	-	-	100.0
2015	77.7	40	-	-	-	-	100.0
2014	78.0	40	-	-	-	-	-
2013	76.2	48	-	-	-	-	-
2012	17.0	56	-	-	-	-	-
2010	33.0	111	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index