Education in Samoa

2,162 indicators covering education for Samoa.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 0.6% 2023 up 124.5% 7th
Initial government funding per primary student as a percentage of GDP 9.1% 2016 down 19.5% 106th
Net flow of internationally mobile students (inbound - outbound) -645 2023 down 7.5% 76th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 32.9% 2023 up 58.5% 28th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 26.1% 2023 up 70.2% 60th
Percentage of graduates from programmes other than Science 88.5% 2023 down 4.4% 39th
Percentage of graduates from programmes other than Science 80.1% 2023 down 8.2% 12th
Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and 19.9% 2023 up 56.6% 109th
Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and 11.5% 2023 up 55.4% 78th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 1.2% 2023 down 4.3% 19th
Percentage of graduates from programmes other than Science 1.1% 2023 up 3.5% 111th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 16.4% 2023 up 10.8% 15th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 18.9% 2023 down 33.7% 3rd
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 7.7% 2023 up 28.9% 23rd
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 12.7% 2023 up 60.3% 5th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 0.2% 2023 down 27.4% 116th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 1.4% 2023 up 155.8% 115th
Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and 0.6% 2023 down 0.8% 19th
Initial government funding per primary student, constant PPP$ 627.76 2016 up 4.8% 96th
Repeaters in grade unknown of lower secondary general education, both 0 2023 — 7th
Repeaters in grade unknown of lower secondary general education 0 2023 — 7th
Proportion of schools with access to computers for pedagogical 94.4% 2024 up 6,789.9% 78th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Latin America and the 0 2024 — 97th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Europe: Students from 0 2024 — 45th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 0.9% 2023 up 67.0% 111th
Repeaters in grade unknown of lower secondary general education, male 0 2023 — 7th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 0.6% 2023 down 19.6% 102nd
Gross graduation ratio, primary, total 108.1% 2017 up 10.2% 9th
Gross graduation ratio from first degree programmes (ISCED 6 and 7) 12.7% 2018 — 78th
Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and 66.7% 2021 — 1st
Female share of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and 66.7% 2021 — 1st
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 0.4% 2023 down 16.2% 100th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 0.2% 2023 down 71.6% 96th
Proportion of schools with access to basic drinking water, by 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 2.3% 2018 — 94th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 1.6% 2021 — 4th
Mean years of schooling (ISCED 1 or higher), population 25+ years 11.4 2019 up 14.2% 53rd
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 5.2% 2018 — 4th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 21.1% 2018 — 2nd
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 7.0% 2018 — 20th
Gross graduation ratio from first degree programmes (ISCED 6 and 7) 17.4% 2018 — 77th
Gross graduation ratio from first degree programmes (ISCED 6 and 7) 8.6% 2018 — 84th
Gross graduation ratio from first degree programmes (ISCED 6 and 7) 2.02 GPI 2018 — 10th
Gross graduation ratio, primary, female 111.7% 2017 up 7.7% 4th
Gross graduation ratio, primary, male 104.9% 2017 up 12.7% 14th
Proportion of schools with access to the internet for pedagogical 51.1% 2024 up 3,632.0% 97th
Proportion of schools with basic handwashing facilities, by education 70.2% 2024 down 29.8% 97th
Proportion of upper secondary schools with access to adapted 100.0% 2024 up 127.8% 1st
Literacy rate 98.0% 2019 down 1.0% 28th
Share of schools with access to computers for teaching 94.4% 2024 up 585.4% 70th
Percentage of primary schools providing life skills-based HIV and 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st
Mean years of schooling (ISCED 1 or higher), population 25+ years 11.77 2019 up 16.8% 40th
Mean years of schooling (ISCED 1 or higher), population 25+ years 1.06 GPIA 2019 up 4.4% 6th
Mean years of schooling (ISCED 1 or higher), population 25+ years 11.02 2019 up 11.5% 54th
Share of schools with access to basic drinking water 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st
Net flow ratio of internationally mobile students (inbound) -87.3% 2023 down 19.9% 111th
Proportion of secondary schools with access to computers for 91.4% 2024 up 297.3% 83rd
Literacy rate vs. average years of schooling 98.0% 2019 down 1.0% 28th
Proportion of schools with access to single-sex basic sanitation, by 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st
Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 0 2024 — 69th