Education in Samoa 127 indicators covering education for Samoa. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Population ages 15-64 55.9% 2025 down 2.1% 200th Population ages 0-14 38.1% 2025 down 0.0% 32nd Primary school starting age 5 years 2025 unchanged 186th Lower secondary school starting age 11 years 2025 unchanged 144th School enrollment, primary 101.0% 2024 down 5.3% 96th Primary education, teachers 1,558 2023 up 52.6% 174th School enrollment, primary, female 99.1% 2024 down 6.3% 109th School enrollment, primary, male 102.9% 2024 down 4.3% 78th Labor force, total 57,776 2025 down 15.5% 182nd Labor force, female 36.4% 2025 down 2.8% 152nd School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 1 GPI 2021 up 0.4% 54th School enrollment, secondary 87.4% 2016 up 7.1% 117th Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 3.8 per 1,000 2024 down 17.4% 116th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 3 per 1,000 2024 down 16.7% 111th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 1.1 per 1,000 2024 down 15.4% 118th Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 1.1 per 1,000 2024 down 35.3% 105th Secondary education, teachers 1,211 2010 up 18.3% 173rd School enrollment, secondary, female 91.2% 2016 up 5.3% 111th School enrollment, secondary, male 83.8% 2016 up 9.0% 126th School enrollment, tertiary 16.0% 2024 up 20.9% 138th School enrollment, primary, private 20.3% 2021 up 21.1% 66th School enrollment, preprimary 41.4% 2021 up 7.1% 134th School enrollment, tertiary, male 9.8% 2024 up 8.6% 158th School enrollment, tertiary, female 22.7% 2024 up 28.7% 131st School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 1.1 GPI 2016 down 4.1% 27th School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.57 GPI 2024 up 5.4% 9th Secondary education, teachers, female 706 2010 up 17.7% 168th Primary completion rate, female 98.4% 2024 down 1.6% 56th Primary completion rate, male 101.5% 2024 down 4.1% 27th Government expenditure on education, total 5.5% 2024 up 0.8% 37th Secondary education, general pupils 25,583 2018 up 4.2% 171st Lower secondary completion rate, total 96.8% 2024 down 5.4% 52nd School enrollment, preprimary, female 43.4% 2021 up 6.4% 131st School enrollment, preprimary, male 39.6% 2021 up 7.9% 134th Persistence to last grade of primary, total 88.6% 2019 up 15.7% 103rd Government expenditure on education, total 11.7% 2025 down 20.3% 119th Secondary education, general pupils 50.9% 2018 down 0.9% 59th Lower secondary completion rate, female 96.8% 2024 down 2.7% 56th Lower secondary completion rate, male 96.8% 2024 down 7.8% 48th Children out of school 1.8% 2024 up 870.0% 129th Secondary education, duration 7 years 2025 unchanged 26th Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 25th Primary education, pupils 34,962 2024 up 11.5% 173rd Secondary education, pupils 25,964 2016 up 6.5% 174th Persistence to last grade of primary, female 84.7% 2019 up 7.2% 106th Persistence to last grade of primary, male 92.3% 2019 up 24.3% 80th Secondary education, vocational pupils 0 1996 down 100.0% 185th Number of under-five deaths, male 47 2024 down 25.4% 162nd Number of under-five deaths, female 35 2024 down 27.1% 162nd Number of infant deaths, male 38 2024 down 26.9% 161st Number of infant deaths, female 29 2024 down 23.7% 162nd Children out of school, female 3.0% 2024 up 107.8% 118th Children out of school, male 0.7% 2024 down 78.6% 167th Secondary education, vocational pupils 47.7% 1980 up 25.2% 44th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 115.0% 2018 up 8.1% 28th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 7.3% 2025 down 37.5% 70th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 3.7% 2025 down 49.2% 124th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 5.0% 2025 down 43.9% 101st Primary education, teachers 80.8% 2023 up 4.6% 83rd Repeaters, primary, total 1.0% 2018 down 18.3% 123rd Page 1 of 3 Next →