Samoa vs WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025): Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, both sexes
Samoa
16.0%
in 2024
WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)
27.4%
in 2024
Samoa rank
138th
WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) rank
138th
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, both sexes over time
- Samoa
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)
How they compare
WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) currently reports 27.4% against 16.0% in Samoa, a difference of 11.4%.
That makes WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)'s figure about 1.7 times Samoa's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 16 shared years of data; in 1975 it was WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) ahead.
Samoa ranks 138th and WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) ranks 138th of 194 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Samoa averaged higher in 1 and WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Samoa | WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 2.3% | 5.4% | 3.1% | WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) |
| 1980s | 3.3% | 5.1% | 1.8% | WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) |
| 1990s | 9.8% | 9.6% | 0.2% | Samoa |
| 2000s | 7.2% | 9.8% | 2.6% | WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) |
| 2010s | 13.7% | 22.5% | 8.8% | WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) |
| 2020s | 17.1% | 25.7% | 8.6% | WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, both sexes, Samoa or WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)?
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025), at 27.4% against 16.0% in Samoa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, both sexes between Samoa and WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)?
- 11.4%, with WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)?
- 16 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2024.
- How do Samoa and WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) rank globally for gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, both sexes?
- Samoa ranks 138th and WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) ranks 138th of 194 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, both sexes (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release