Samoa's adult literacy rose from 97.9 % in 1991 to 98.0 % in 2019.
Samoa's school enrolment, primary (% gross) rose from 99.4 % in 1986 to 101.0 % in 2024.
Samoa · Education
Literacy, enrolment, attainment and spending.
16 indicators · 13 with data
Literacy rate, youth total (ages 15–24)
% of people ages 15–24
17th of 62 · 3rd in East Asia & Pacific*
Samoa's literacy rate, youth total (ages 15–24) fell from 99.0 % in 1991 to 99.0 % in 2019.
Samoa's school enrolment, secondary (% gross) rose from 66.5 % in 1975 to 87.4 % in 2016.
Samoa's tertiary enrolment rose from 1.0 % in 1970 to 16.0 % in 2024.
Samoa's children out of school, primary fell from 1,908 in 1994 to 626.0 in 2024.
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- Primary completion rateup +1.1 pts25th of 111
- Tertiary attainmentup +5.5 pts71st of 111*
- At least upper secondary attainment (ages 25–64)up +4.3 pts80th of 117*
- Expected years of schoolingunchanged +0.0 yrs130th of 195
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- Education spendingdown −0.7 pts11th of 40
- Government expenditure on education (% of government expenditure)down −1.2 pts35th of 60
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- Pupil-teacher ratio, primarydown −4.6 %103rd of 139*
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These indicators exist in the registry but no source reports a value for Samoa.