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Topic 17 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Samoa: Digital & Technology
How ready is a country to use, make and trade technology?
Samoa is placed 152nd of 198 countries on digital & technology in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: GovTech Maturity Index 0.352 (2025); Government AI Readiness Index 23.46 (2025).
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Digital & Technology
152nd
of 198 countries placed
Placed from 3 of 4 key statistics
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Samoa on digital & technology — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
0.352
GTMI score (0–1)
Higher is better
Samoa: 0.352. Across the 196 countries in this edition, values run from 0.01 (North Korea) to 0.997 (South Korea); the world median is 0.63.
- World median
- 0.63
- Best in Polynesia
- 0.352 Samoa
23.46
AI readiness score (0–100)
Higher is better
Ranked 154th of 195 by Oxford Insights
Samoa: 23.46. Across the 195 countries in this edition, values run from 12.12 (Guinea-Bissau) to 88.36 (United States); the world median is 40.19.
- World median
- 40.19
- Best in Polynesia
- 23.46 Samoa
Key 3 of 4
Government Cyber Security Capacity
V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY-SA 4.0
No reading
Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity
Higher is better
V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg publishes no 2025 figure for Samoa, so the standing rests on the other keys.
Across the 176 countries in this edition, values run from -2.66 (Liberia) to 3.715 (Estonia); the world median is 0.196.
- World median
- 0.196
Key 4 of 4
Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
15.19
Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports)
Higher is better
Samoa: 15.19. Across the 170 countries in this edition, values run from 0.377 (Gambia) to 87.15 (Ireland); the world median is 25.42.
- World median
- 25.42
- Best in Polynesia
- 15.19 Samoa
02Over time
Which way Samoa is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Government AI Readiness Index
AI readiness score (0–100) · higher is better
SamoaWorld median
Samoa fell from 32.33 in 2020 to 23.46 in 2025; the world median went from 39.58 to 40.19.
Every year’s figures
Year Samoa World median 2025 23.5 40.2 2024 37.2 43.3 2023 31.7 41.4 2022 30.1 40.3 2021 — 44.1 2020 32.3 39.6 Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports
Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports) · higher is better
SamoaWorld median
Samoa rose from 4.928 in 2010 to 15.19 in 2024; the world median went from 19.88 to 25.42.
Every year’s figures
Year Samoa World median 2024 15.195 25.42 2023 13.457 26.03 2022 28.249 26.04 2021 50.050 29.80 2020 32.324 29.47 2019 10.397 18.36 2018 9.615 20.09 2017 16.718 18.32 2016 14.389 18.15 2015 13.664 19.57 2014 10.398 21.00 2013 10.082 20.50 2012 5.307 19.56 2011 5.400 19.21 2010 4.928 19.88
03In context
Samoa beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 198 countries on digital & technology, never a place within the region.
Samoa and Polynesia
Samoa has no land border, so the table compares it with its sub-region. Standing among all 198; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | GovTech Maturity IndexGTMI score (0–1) | Government AI Readiness IndexAI readiness score (0–100) | Government Cyber Security CapacityOriginal latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity | Digitally-Deliverable Services ExportsDigitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samoa | 152nd | 0.352 | 23.46 | — | 15.19 |
 Tonga | 159th | 0.343 | 23.11 | — | 12.45 |
 Tuvalu | 191st | 0.124 | 20.87 | — | 3.619 |
 American Samoa | not placed | — | — | — | — |
 Cook Islands | not placed | — | — | — | — |
 French Polynesia | not placed | — | — | — | — |
 Niue | not placed | — | — | — | — |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Polynesia
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 198.
Placed either side on digital & technology
The countries immediately above and below Samoa in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Samoa is ahead of the world, and behind
9 more statistics filed under digital & technology, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median2
Statistics on which Samoa does better than the middle country measured.
ICT Goods ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 0.9753.430.975▲ Improved since 2014
Samoa: 3.43 · world median 0.975 · ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 61.45; higher is better.
Position 34th of 119 · derived.
ICT Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 7.4748.7997.474▲ Improved since 2018
Samoa: 8.799 · world median 7.474 · ICT services exports (% of services exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 56.25; higher is better.
Position 52nd of 118 · derived.
Behind the world median4
Statistics on which Samoa does worse than the middle country measured.
Firms with Their Own WebsiteWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 62.3959.862.39No earlier reading
Samoa: 59.8 · world median 62.39 · Firms with their own website (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 1.824 to 97.88; higher is better.
Position 100th of 181 · derived.
Primary Schools with Internet for TeachingUIS · 2024 · world median 98.6651.1298.66▲ Improved since 2016
Samoa: 51.12 · world median 98.66 · Primary schools with internet access for teaching (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 100; higher is better.
Firms Experiencing Internet DisruptionsWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 32.3550.5232.35No earlier reading
Samoa: 50.52 · world median 32.35 · Firms that experienced internet outages or slow-downs (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0.735 to 82.39; lower is better.
Position 34th of 163 · derived, 1st = worst.
Share of Firms' Payments Made ElectronicallyWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 64.2223.0264.22No earlier reading
Samoa: 23.02 · world median 64.22 · Payments made electronically in a typical month, excluding payroll and payments to government (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 2.172 to 99.91; higher is better.
No better end3
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
GitHub DevelopersGitHub · 2026 · world median 84,67097984,670Moved since 2020
Samoa: 979 · world median 84,670 · Developer accounts located in the economy (as of quarter end). GitHub, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 110 to 32,410,529.
GitHub RepositoriesGitHub · 2026 · world median 141,454774141,454Moved since 2020
Samoa: 774 · world median 141,454 · Public repositories located in the economy (as of quarter end). GitHub, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 142 to 77,284,974.
Share of Graduates from ICT ProgrammesUIS · 2023 · world median 5.6010.5395.601No real change since 2017
Samoa: 0.539 · world median 5.601 · Tertiary graduates from ICT programmes (% of all graduates). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 17.19.
No current reading for Samoa
AI User Share of the Working-Age Population, Anthropic AI Usage Index, Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index, Frontier Technology Readiness Index (last 2021), GitHub Git Pushes, Government Cyber Security Capacity, Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic), Government Internet Shutdowns, Government Social Media Censorship, Internet Use Among Adults, Made or Received a Digital Payment, Mobile Phone Ownership and Smartphone Ownership. Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Digital & Technology among Samoa’s 15 topics
Digital & Technology is Samoa’s 14th best-placed topic of 15. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Environment & Sustainability25th of 1863/4 keys
- Gender & Equalityjoint 56th of 1832/4 keys
- Democracy & Civil Liberties67th of 1983/4 keys
- Energy68th of 1652/3 keys
- Mobility & Trade73rd of 1773/4 keys
- Health & Wellbeing95th of 2004/4 keys
- Risk & Resilience94th of 1933/4 keys
- Education & Knowledge99th of 1984/4 keys
- Economy & Innovation91st of 1762/4 keys
- Governance & Institutionsjoint 106th of 1942/4 keys
- Poverty & Inequality99th of 1592/3 keys
- Development & Human Capitaljoint 136th of 1963/3 keys
- Food & Agriculture128th of 1843/4 keys
- Digital & Technology152nd of 1983/4 keys
- Work & Labour152nd of 1824/4 keys
No standing on Peace & Security: too few of those topics’ key statistics are published for this country.
06The top of the list
Who leads on digital & technology
The three countries placed highest of 198, and the leaders Samoa can most readily be measured against.
=1
EstoniaNorthern Europe
Joint 1st of 198 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Andrus Uuetalu derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0 ee, greyscale
=1
South KoreaEastern Asia
Joint 1st of 198 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Unknown author · CC BY-SA 2.0, greyscale
3
SingaporeSouth-eastern Asia
3rd of 198 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Khairul Nizam . · CC BY 2.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Oceania
Australia30th4/4 keysHighest in Polynesia
Samoa152nd3/4 keys
Positions out of 198 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Questions
Samoa on digital & technology: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does Samoa rank on digital & technology?
Samoa is placed 152nd of 198 countries on Digital & Technology in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 4 key statistics (GovTech Maturity Index, Government AI Readiness Index and Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest GovTech Maturity Index figure for Samoa?
0.352 in 2025 (gTMI score (0–1)), according to World Bank Group. The world median in the same edition was 0.63.
What is the latest Government AI Readiness Index figure for Samoa?
23.46 in 2025 (aI readiness score (0–100)), according to Oxford Insights. The world median in the same edition was 40.19.
How have Samoa’s digital & technology figures changed?
Government AI Readiness Index fell from 32.33 in 2020 to 23.46 in 2025; Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports rose from 4.928 in 2010 to 15.19 in 2024.
Which digital & technology statistics are missing for Samoa?
No current reading is published for Samoa on AI User Share of the Working-Age Population, Anthropic AI Usage Index, Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index, Frontier Technology Readiness Index, GitHub Git Pushes, Government Cyber Security Capacity, Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic), Government Internet Shutdowns, Government Social Media Censorship, Internet Use Among Adults, Made or Received a Digital Payment, Mobile Phone Ownership and Smartphone Ownership. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
08Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
Broadband and mobile subscriptions, connection speeds and the cost of getting online are absent, for the licence reason above; internet use and phone ownership, from the World Bank’s own household survey, and firms’ websites and internet disruptions, from its Enterprise Surveys, are published here as context. The ICT share of goods exports votes under Mobility & Trade. Digital public services and data-protection law are not held yet. Research and development spending is filed under Education & Knowledge, and what an economy knows how to make is under Economy & Innovation.
How the Digital & Technology standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 4 keys to be placed.
The digital & technology method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- GovTech Maturity Index — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- Government AI Readiness Index — Oxford Insights, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Government Cyber Security Capacity — V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports — UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), CC BY 3.0 IGO
The other 9 statistics on this page come from 4 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Samoa’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Samoa (banner) — Neil derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY 2.0
- Estonia — Andrus Uuetalu derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0 ee
- South Korea — Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Singapore — Khairul Nizam ., CC BY 2.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Samoa: Digital & Technology — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/samoa/digital