Is voting compulsory in Samoa?
Compulsory (enforced)
Samoa adopted compulsory voting in 2018, first implemented in the 2021 general election.
Samoa is one of 12 countries classified “Compulsory (enforced)” for compulsory voting — 5% of the 236 with data. (Also searched as mandatory voting.)
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: Compulsory voting
- Last checked
- 17 September 2026
- How it was classified
- Classified by a language model from the source text, then checked against hand-verified reference countries.
Nearby countries
- American Samoa
- Voluntary Voting is voluntary.
- Wallis and Futuna Islands
- Voluntary Voting is voluntary.
- Niue
- Voluntary Voting is voluntary.
- Tonga
- Voluntary Voting is voluntary.
- Tuvalu
- Voluntary Voting is voluntary.
- Fiji
- Compulsory (not enforced) Fiji has compulsory voting laws that are no longer enforced.
Other laws in Samoa
- Voting Age
- 19+
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