Education in Samoa 2,162 indicators covering education for Samoa. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity 1.03 modelled data 2025 down 0.8% 66th Completion rate, lower secondary education, male (modelled data) 95.6% 2025 up 1.3% 54th Completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) 61.2% 2025 up 15.3% 87th Completion rate, upper secondary education, female (modelled data) 72.4% 2025 up 18.6% 83rd Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity 1.3 modelled data 2025 up 3.4% 14th Completion rate, upper secondary education, male (modelled data) 50.8% 2025 up 11.8% 93rd Teachers in secondary education, male 430 2001 up 9.7% 176th 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% 125th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 5.0% 2025 down 43.9% 102nd Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, female 22.7% 2024 up 28.7% 131st Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, male 9.8% 2024 up 8.6% 158th Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity 1.57 GPIA 2024 up 5.4% 11th Primary education, teachers 80.8% 2023 up 4.6% 83rd Teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes 423 number 2019 up 41.5% 160th Teachers in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.93 % change on previous year 2001 up 34.5% 92nd Repeaters, primary, total 1.0% 2018 down 18.3% 123rd School life expectancy, tertiary, female 1.3 years 2024 up 30.2% 128th School life expectancy, tertiary, male 0.6128 years 2024 up 15.7% 156th School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index 1.53 GPIA 2024 up 4.0% 13th Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes 1.3% 2018 down 20.9% 120th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes 11.92 years 2000 — 131st Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, both sexes 100.0% 2024 down 2.9% 41st Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes 435 number 2018 — 155th Persistence to grade 5, total 90.3% 2019 up 13.5% 91st Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, both sexes 88.6% 2019 up 15.7% 104th Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 7 2024 down 22.2% 167th Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 6 2024 unchanged 172nd Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 14 2024 unchanged 172nd Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 13 2024 down 13.3% 175th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 116.0% 2018 up 10.0% 24th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 114.1% 2018 up 6.4% 31st Share of children who are not in pre-primary school 70.2% 2024 down 2.4% 14th School life expectancy, pre-primary, female 0.9176 years 2024 up 29.4% 158th School life expectancy, pre-primary, male 0.8567 years 2024 up 31.0% 164th School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index 1.07 GPIA 2024 down 1.1% 20th Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female 98.3% 2023 up 3.4% 76th Teachers in pre-primary education, male 7 2023 down 58.8% 150th Teachers in pre-primary education, female 404 2023 up 23.9% 159th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index 1.06 GPI 2000 — 54th Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female 179 2024 up 11.2% 147th Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female 40.6% 2024 up 1.3% 95th Teachers in tertiary education programmes, male 262 2024 up 8.7% 153rd Share of the population with no formal education with projections 0.0% 2100 down 50.4% 176th Number of adults with no formal education by region 100 people 2100 down 50.0% 198th Population by level of education 102,900 people 2100 up 11.4% 187th Projections of the fertility rate by education scenario 1.18 births per woman in last 5 years 2100 down 4.8% 50th Repeaters, primary, female 0.8% 2018 down 8.9% 119th Repeaters, primary, male 1.1% 2018 down 23.6% 120th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female 12.16 years 2000 — 128th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male 11.71 years 2000 — 131st School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity 1.04 GPIA 2000 — 103rd Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female 96.7% 2019 down 1.0% 95th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, male 101.5% 2024 down 4.1% 29th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, female 98.4% 2024 down 1.6% 58th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, adjusted 0.9698 GPIA 2024 up 2.7% 163rd Teachers in pre-primary education, female 409 number 2019 up 40.1% 154th Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, both sexes 90.2% 2019 down 6.3% 16th Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male 91.7% 2019 down 4.8% 27th Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity 0.97 GPIA 2019 down 3.0% 19th ← Previous Page 8 of 37 Next →